Palestinian 1:52.80 800 runner entered at Worlds?

College kids are back in school. No time for their Palestine hobby.

Thus, no responses.

College protestors are usually on the right side of history when it comes to international conflict. Boomers who consume corporate media are not.

Isn’t this the universality spots thing? I think each athletics federation can send one athlete in either the 100, 800, or marathon if no one from that federation has qualified in any event.

Sure thing. They would have supported Hitler if the US was against him. Gays are supporting people who murder guys and when asked about it, they are shocked because they had no idea.

They have a rationalization that goes something like:

“We can support their cause even though they don’t believe we have a right to exist and would throw us off a building in a heartbeat.”

I’m Gen X but Boomers who consume corporate media were the ones protesting Viet Nam.

This current generation are just useless idiots for Marxism.

But Hoey can’t gory.

Anyone remember that random 9:00 3k runner for Kazakhstan or somewhere that got lapped like 3 times in the world indoor world champs final? He really messed up the flow of the race and nearly tripped Kerr.

I assume it's a similar pity spot type situation. It shouldn't really affect an outdoor 800m though, dude will probably just get DNF in one the qualifying heats.

It's breathtaking that the prior poster didn't understand that. I laughed like hell when his second sentence completely undercut the first

Not possible. Palestine isnt a country.

Per IAAF rules if a country has no athlete qualified then they can chose one (can't have both a male and a female) to compete at the World Championships. In the distance events they have to compete in 800m, 1500m or 5k (not the 10k, 3k St or marathon).

They have a woman who ran 15:40 5000m / 4:36 mile this outdoor season in the USA. Comparing her to a male 1:52-1:53 800m runner the female would've likely been more competitive in the heats.