Thread: The London 2012 Olympics: Current affairs discussion
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Old 07-08-2012, 23:27   #333
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Re: The London 2012 Olympics: Current affairs discussion
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Originally Posted by martyh View Post
just caught a glimpse of seb Coe and Sir roger Bannister deep in conversation and it struck me what does Coe do now ,he's seen his dream of getting a UK Olympics so what now?
A long period of doing nothing, I suspect

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Originally Posted by danielf View Post
There was nothing wrong with him. He withdrew from the 800m in order to focus on the 1500m, but the algerians failed to put the paperwork through. He was then forced to run the 800m. So he started that race, but didn't finish it. He was then thrown out of the olympics for not putting in a bona fide performance, but reinstated upon production of a doctor's note. In other words, the iaaf are muppets, and they know it. He should never have been thrown out imo, so the result is a good one.
So it's really entirely the Algerian Olympic Committee's fault then. No-one else's. We all know what happens if you don't put in a good performance whatever the reason.
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