THE HEAVY METAL TURK WINS IT
THE HEAVY METAL TURK WINS IT
did anyone else notice how he chose to drape a Azerbaijan flag over a Turkish one?
This is like the twilight zone. Seriously.
White guys are not messin around in this champs...200, 400H, 800, what next??
WvN is not the next Usain Bolt.
Not as talented. Not nearly as charismatic.
Wes Leeann wrote:
did anyone else notice how he chose to drape a Azerbaijan flag over a Turkish one?
Yes I did. I think people need to understand that when someone like Leo or Meb did this in the past, they are doing it as a sort of ethnic pride type thing. That's their roots.
such a kick in the Guliyevs
rojo wrote:
Wes Leeann wrote:did anyone else notice how he chose to drape a Azerbaijan flag over a Turkish one?
Yes I did. I think people need to understand that when someone like Leo or Meb did this in the past, they are doing it as a sort of ethnic pride type thing. That's their roots.
Actually, the Turkish flag was on top...kind of an afterthought lol
Hey NBC wrote:
WvN is not the next Usain Bolt.
Not as talented. Not nearly as charismatic.
And not Jamaican enough.
Hey NBC wrote:
WvN is not the next Usain Bolt.
Not as talented. Not nearly as charismatic.
Also not running the same events. Therefore the comparison is irrelevant.
PrZ wrote:
Hey NBC wrote:WvN is not the next Usain Bolt.
Not as talented. Not nearly as charismatic.
Also not running the same events. Therefore the comparison is irrelevant.
Not totally irrelevant, Niekerk broke a longstanding MJ world record and was trying to double up in sprint events....sounds familiar to me.
fiji7s wrote:
PrZ wrote:Also not running the same events. Therefore the comparison is irrelevant.
Not totally irrelevant, Niekerk broke a longstanding MJ world record and was trying to double up in sprint events....sounds familiar to me.
The relevant comparison is with MJ, not Bolt.
LOL! Go GULIEV!! Nice work by him!
You are all too young and not experienced enough to remember the earlier controversies over this issue. When Cathy F won her first gold (Comm G 200, Victoria, 1994) she found an Abo flag and ran the LOH with it. Arthur Tunstall - the pompous ultra-reactionary un-repentant white supremacist Aussie chef-de-mission, ranted against her, instructing all athletes they would be disciplined if they presented any image except the standard Aussie flag. There was widespread citizen rebellion both in the stadium and downtown Vic: can you imagine the rain of booing that descended on Tunstall's head when he was recognized at the UVic stadium? Or even at his hotel, lol! I was standing next to my Kenyan and SA brothers in the stands and we gave it to him as he fully deserved, that f#$#$#.
Now, we will see what the Turks do about this...their establishment is reactionary and intolerantly nationalist on these issues. I expect a statement at least.
He took both flags, not only the azerbaidjani one!
It's ironic to me because Turkey pays some Jamaicans to run for them, yet it's a white guy who came through for them...
Hey NBC wrote:
WvN is not the next Usain Bolt.
Not as talented. Not nearly as charismatic.
And not as slow at the 400.
Is not Azerbaijan considered a middle eastern country?
Dfoinilll wrote:
Is not Azerbaijan considered a middle eastern country?
No. It's in the Caucasus from which word "Caucasian" is derived.
Dfoinilll wrote:
Is not Azerbaijan considered a middle eastern country?
Azerbaijan? Middle east? Wth?? You Americans are unbelievable
Observer of 800 wrote:
Dfoinilll wrote:Is not Azerbaijan considered a middle eastern country?
Azerbaijan? Middle east? Wth?? You Americans are unbelievable
He's got to be British, not Erican.