from the USATF twitter: https://twitter.com/usatf/status/804456131800264704
from the USATF twitter: https://twitter.com/usatf/status/804456131800264704
THIS IS GREAT NEWS!!!!
No one goes home devastated
I demand a recount!!!
If he moves to Indianapolis, I think it might be a culture shock after all those years in western Oregon.
Dark day for USATF. Nike got to JJK. #sad
waporeaderman wrote:
Dark day for USATF. Nike got to JJK. #sad
Seriously? Her sister in law coached by her own husband was the biggest drug sham there EVER was. You dont think she didn't know about that? Flojo came up positive...fortunately for her, it was AFTER Johnson. It was decided that T and F couldn't handle both stars coming up positive. A deal was made for her to retire immediately after Seoul, as well as not win any more races. Watch her in the 4x4 as she pulls up and refuses to pass. What has JJK done politically for t and f since...what...Seoul? She seems about as smart as a bag of hammers.
Did LRC have anything to do with the drop out? Was there some scandal we exposed that I missed? Or did "Russian hackers" blackmail her over TUEs?
waporeaderman wrote:
Dark day for USATF. Nike got to JJK. #sad
You know Jackie competed for Nike when she was an athlete, right?
Influence in high places (us) wrote:
Did LRC have anything to do with the drop out?
No.
Vivalarepublica wrote:
If he moves to Indianapolis, I think it might be a culture shock after all those years in western Oregon.
The President is a volunteer, they keep their day job, they don't move to Indy.
How do you pronounce Vin's last name? Does it rhyme with banana?
I hope with JJK on the BoD we finally get a USATF Satellite office in LA/OC.
Cmon dude wrote:
How do you pronounce Vin's last name? Does it rhyme with banana?
No, it's pronounced: lay-NAY-nay
Whether Flo Jo was doping (likely) and the USATF and/or IAAF knew and suppressed it (you can't put anything past them after recent scandals and we do know that there were numerous positive doping tests in the Pan Am Games in 1983 leading to the U.S. team pulling out, plus more in 1984 in LA), I do not accept your characterization of the 1988 4x400m relay. The Soviets had an anchor who ran either 48 flat or sub 48 in that race, to break the world record and run 3:15.18. Flo Jo did look like she was going very easy but she ran low to mid 48 and only fell behind the Soviet. Those Soviets and the East Germans behind all look unfeminine/mannish with their massive doping programs, which are well documented at this point, while at least the Americans still look like women. One of the Soviets went out in 23!
Finally Nike gets to bribe themselves.
Which personal private jet will USATF buy for Vin Lannana?
It will all end in tears for Vin when he and Phil are convicted of bribery and deported to a Chinese prison camp.
polevaultpower wrote:
Vivalarepublica wrote:If he moves to Indianapolis, I think it might be a culture shock after all those years in western Oregon.
The President is a volunteer, they keep their day job, they don't move to Indy.
Well, that's good for him.
I was told that this was a done deal weeks before the convention even happened. It just wasn't shared with many people.
Isn't Vin better for the sport as a whole? What was JJK going to do?