Maybe 4 weeks max outside the country. Not including international races.
Maybe 4 weeks max outside the country. Not including international races.
yawn^69 wrote:
Maybe 4 weeks max outside the country. Not including international races.
No
That means people from poor or war torn countries can't train as they can't move abroad for better facilities and coaches
I would be a little more lenient, but yeah I mostly agree. It's pretty silly someone can live in a country 99% of the year, go to another country only to compete in the national championships, then represent that country at Worlds or the Olympics.
So Buddy Edelen couldn't have run for the US in the '64 Olympics because he was working in the UK?
yawn^69 wrote:
Maybe 4 weeks max outside the country. Not including international races.
Ok so Nick Willis has to move back to New Zealand? Or were you primarily targeting the non-white runners
I agree, must atleast be a resident even if they live somewhere else part of the year, not just citizenship.
Some have never even been to the country they represent
Such a dumb idea ... Canadian/Scandinavian runners would be disadvantaged training indoors/in the snow all winter ... Ingebritsens routinely go to South Africa or Spain, Andre De Grasse, GDS and Mo Ahmed train in the USA
You shouldn't be allowed to switch alleigances as a senior athlete, barring extreme circumstances (war or smt...) but no switching for opportunistic reasons like many american athletes with euro/caribbean parents do
yawn^69 wrote:
Maybe 4 weeks max outside the country. Not including international races.
What if you marry a foreigner? Or have dual nationality? Or simply prefer the USA to Jamaica?
How about you should at least speak the native language and maybe have visited the place at least once??
yawn^69 wrote:
Maybe 4 weeks max outside the country. Not including international races.
What's it to you? Other countries get to choose who is eligible to compete for them.
I’d agree with you, but since you tried to take my name You lose points for originality
yawn^69 wrote:
Maybe 4 weeks max outside the country. Not including international races.
Nah. So, distance runners from an island nation with next to no altitude are just stuck with that?
Nope.
No. Training where the best resources to train exist seems fine.
People are sent overseas all the time by their company for work. It's just a job. it's no different than an American sent to London to run the company's Euro office. My ex spent an year on sabbatical in Italy as an academic. It's very common for people to live outside of the country for a period. It doesn't change their nationality.
What about Europeans that play in the NBA? If it makes sense for the Olympics, it should apply to the soccer World Cup.
I lived in Japan for 6 years and I could still vote in U.S. elections. With your logic, I should have been prevented from doing so.
yawn^69 wrote:
Maybe 4 weeks max outside the country. Not including international races.
No. Or do you not believe in this little thing called "freedom"?
Paul Chelimos SECOND OLYMPIC MEDAL in the 5k an afterthought wrote:
yawn^69 wrote:
Maybe 4 weeks max outside the country. Not including international races.
Ok so Nick Willis has to move back to New Zealand? Or were you primarily targeting the non-white runners
No I specifically mean white people like Nick Willis. You train with the resources the country provides. Willis can compete for America.
Bad weather or facilities? Suck it up. Them’s the breaks. Otherwise it’s silly to have countries compete against each other. American wins again. Wow. Must be hard being super rich and having the best facilities.
No, this is dumb. Then guys like Luis Grijalva who live in the US, who literally cannot become a US citizen, can’t compete in the Olympics for his birth country. It’s not his fault the US government won’t allow him the chance to become a citizen because of bad laws.