After seeing him on the tube a couple of times, and looking at pics of him at the IAAF site (below), he's as much a junior as Chirchir. Maybe everyone should choose to completely disregard junior stats.
After seeing him on the tube a couple of times, and looking at pics of him at the IAAF site (below), he's as much a junior as Chirchir. Maybe everyone should choose to completely disregard junior stats.
I don't care about the flack I am going to recieve
on this, "Racist idiots leave the Africans alone". Every-
day some ignorant @ss slam the black foreigners (mainly kenyans) on something. If it was a white individual nothing would be questioned about their age or suspected drug use. Whats the 17 year old British girl that ran 1:59 something overseas and not once did a post come up about her age or possible drug use! Sammy maybe not be the best looking apple in the barrell; however, he looks his age which is 21 (twenty-one). I guess you guys finally found a way to beat the africans, if not on the track then with your rumors, belittlement, and polluted untruths.
Vipam (Mustapha)
I agree with Vipam. I can't reliably tell how old a person is by looks, especially a person who grew up in a different and much more demanding environment than I did. Further, I don't really care how old he is. He is dedicated, talented and accomplished. Let's just celebrate those characteristics instead of trying to split him open to count how many rings are inside.
Thank you Quigley! Do they still do that to trees?
Vipam
I agree also. Sure there are a few ages that get mixed up. But that shouldn't take away from the times they are running. Sammy is flat out AWESOME! No doubt about it. He's able to run almost every event in a world class time. Well, there's my two cents.
Djibouti Kipflu
Sammy is competing with the Seniors not the juniors (so
who cares about his age). I think he is old enough to drive, that is drive just about everyone who competes against him. LOL!
WHOCARES
The British girl looks 17. Sammy looks 25. When someone has no answer, they call people names. Vipam calls people racist because he has no legitimate answer. What's racist about the guy's question? The guy mentioned that Sammy looks older than claimed. Seems like Vipam is the racist, in that only certain people are correct. Right Vipam?
Dear Sir or Madame you have every right to think that
I am a racist based the interaction (however limited it may be) you've had with me. The point I was making was to the individuals on this board that uses it as a daily tool to slam africans and no other country. Italy, Russia, Spain, and several more countries have and have had rampat drug use; however, no post against those countries. Yet the constant slamming of Africans age is somehow valid?
If someone CONSTANTLY post or say something negative about a topic with no proof and in regards to a SINGLE COUNTRY-I find that unfair and possibly racist!
Your friend
Vipam
IAAF is lame
In defense of Vipam he noted that the statements were
for individuals who constanly talked about the africans.
You might want to reread his post before you start calling
him names needlessly!
Who Cares?
Apparently the Kenyans are quite suspicious of alan webb's true age.
And of course the WR holder in the 100 had this to say:
"he don't look like no high school kid"
Mo Greene
Methuselah wrote:
After seeing him on the tube a couple of times, and looking at pics of him at the IAAF site (below), he's as much a junior as Chirchir. Maybe everyone should choose to completely disregard junior stats.
http://www.iaaf.org/Multimedia/index.asp
Meth babe - Sammy's competing as a Senior athlete so what difference does it make?
If he was running in a Junior race or competing for a Div I school in the US it would matter how old he was.