Athletics Kenya announces moving forward it will fly all medallists home in business class after uproar re: Peres Jepchirchir

Ss dust off h yet r wrote:

How about they fly all their athletes in business class, in both directions.

Enoughalready wrote:

Lady can fly herself home in business. The sport continues to be amateur relying on handouts and no one expecting they have to put they hand in they pockets . Other sports pay their own travel to events , WMM need to not pay travel agents and or athletes should pay . Then we see how many are willing to make the trip

rojo wrote:

Salvitore Stitchmo wrote:

Jeez, poor old Peres

She wins the marathon gold in epic fashion and doesn't even get to hang out in Tokyo to watch the rest of the meet. Then she's bundled up in eco and now AK decides all medalists will fly home business class - not like she can go back and take the flight again!

That all being said, she's won London, Boston and New York. Just won 60k at the Worlds which probably came with a 50k adidas bonus and she's on six figures anyway from them - she couldn't have splashed out what, 6 or 7k to upgrade and treat herself in business?

Aren't you jettisoning around the planet up front Rojo? Surely you are flying with the plebs back in cattle - a man of your prominence and stature?

Ss dust off h yet r wrote:

How about they fly all their athletes in business class, in both directions.

rojo wrote:

This is crazy to me. THere was a big uproar in Kenya after a tweet showed marathon world champ Peres Jepchirchir flying home in coach class.

Tweet:x.com/citizentvkenya/status/1967883340...

Now Athletics Kenya has issued a vdieo saying that all medallists will fly home in business class.

Tweet:x.com/EricNjiiru/status/19683248405256...

This is wild to me and the wrong decision .

Kenya is a poor country. I certainly don't think they should be flying athletes home in business class. If anything, maybe fly them over before the race in business class, but after the race, when it will have no impact on peformance? I think these federations should be trying to save as much money as possible.

And I certainly think the execs in AK should never be flying business class unless everyone was doing it.

But of course, that's not the way these entities work.

rojo wrote:

Are you crazy?

I guarantee if you ask most athletes - what do you want $3k or a business class seat - most of them would say the money. She's less than 5' tall. The average income per year in Kenya is less than 3k.

rojo wrote:

This is crazy to me. THere was a big uproar in Kenya after a tweet showed marathon world champ Peres Jepchirchir flying home in coach class.

Tweet:x.com/citizentvkenya/status/1967883340...

Now Athletics Kenya has issued a vdieo saying that all medallists will fly home in business class.

Tweet:x.com/EricNjiiru/status/19683248405256...

This is wild to me and the wrong decision .

Kenya is a poor country. I certainly don't think they should be flying athletes home in business class. If anything, maybe fly them over before the race in business class, but after the race, when it will have no impact on peformance? I think these federations should be trying to save as much money as possible.

And I certainly think the execs in AK should never be flying business class unless everyone was doing it.

But of course, that's not the way these entities work.

makethesportgreatagain wrote:

Enoughalready wrote:

Lady can fly herself home in business. The sport continues to be amateur relying on handouts and no one expecting they have to put they hand in they pockets . Other sports pay their own travel to events , WMM need to not pay travel agents and or athletes should pay . Then we see how many are willing to make the trip

Maybe the sport should be made fully amateur again. This would largely remove the doping issue as well as fiascos such as GST.