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Post by politicalmaniac on Jul 17, 2008 22:31:50 GMT 3
I havent seen a thread here so I will start one.
-Has Kenya chosen its delegation? I dont know
This guy B.Langat the Kenyan American (or is Amerigo-Kenyan) I dont like him
Its not that I hate him or anything, I am just envious.
Here is a guy at the top of his game, married an american (white?) now has a kid, very healthy, mega watt tooyju white smile, on his way to winning 2 Gold medals. He gives off this aura of a fellow who has finally made it, winning rave reviews in the press, in his new "homeland".
The guys life is like a jigsaw puzzle with every single one in place. Such lack of entropy galls me! ;D
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Post by politicalmaniac on Jul 20, 2008 19:09:08 GMT 3
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Post by Titchaz on Jul 21, 2008 6:19:37 GMT 3
This a sad situation but very true...China is the "wrongest" place to have this thing.Starting with their dismal human rights record to non-compliance on maintaining clean air to a bunch of other irregularities.Black folks (mainly African nations) should boycott this dogone thing...but do I say?.....Bush himself will be their despite opposition from fellow Americans. The chinese currently are robbing Africa dry and supporting despotic regimes yet no one is telling it to their face.Waizi wakubwa hawa mahayawani! |
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Post by job on Jul 21, 2008 22:19:07 GMT 3
The Chinese authorities secretly say Blacks and Mongolians are - social undesirables (alcoholics, illegal drug consumers and peddlers, prostitutes, walking reservoirs of diseases, conmen and women and such).........really SAD.
I guess the entire spectrum from our great long distance runners to Kobi Bryant and his teammates in the US basketball team, AFTER INHALING GOOD DOSES OF THE BEIJING SMOKE-FILLED AIR - filled with TOXIC carbon monoxide, sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, asbestos and lead,....will not be welcome to the Chinese bars for any celebrations for their medals.
Just get the respiratory irritants and go back home.
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Post by phil on Aug 4, 2008 10:03:26 GMT 3
www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSPEK6605220080803?feedType=RSS&feedName=inDepthNews&sp=trueOLYMPICS: Kenya eyes golden haul after troublesSun Aug 3, 2008 3:54am EDT
By Jack Oyoo
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya has emerged from a period of ethnic strife to assemble its strongest Olympic athletics team for 40 years with a target of at least six gold medals in Beijing. Following a fiercely disputed presidential poll this year more than 300,000 people were forced to leave their homes and up to 1,300 killed following clashes. Athletes were among the most affected because the Rift Valley town of Eldoret, known as the world's capital of long distance running, was one of the clashes' epicenters. Kenya has won 44 Olympic medals in athletics since 1964 and is confident of adding to that haul in Beijing. "A conservative figure puts it at six (gold), men's and women's marathon, men's 3,000m steeplechase, women's 800m and any others in men's 800m and either 5,000m or 10,000m races," team manager Joseph Kinyua told Reuters. "We have a strong team, possibly equal in strength to the great team of Seoul and our team of 1968," said Kipchoge Keino, the father figure of Kenyan athletics who won 1,500m gold in Mexico and the 3,000m steeplechase in Munich four years later. World marathon champion Luke Kibet, who suffered a head injury during the political clashes, is also a strong candidate for gold along with Augustine Choge who won the Commonwealth Games 5,000m title two years ago. "This is going to be a stronger team that our team of 1988. I can predict that they will bring home more medals than we did in Seoul," Paul Ereng, the 1988 Olympic 800 meters champion said from the United States where he is head cross country coach at University of Texas. The marathon team also boasts Robert Cheruiyot, who won the inaugural World Marathon Masters, Japan-based world half-marathon record holder Samuel Wanjiru and three-times London winner Martin Lel.
CLEAN SWEEP
The women's marathon also provides a strong chance of medals with world champion Catherine Ndereba and Selina Kosgei in the field. Teenager Pamela Jelimo, nicknamed "Kapsabet Express" after her Rift Valley home town, looks unstoppable in the women's 800 meters. She is poised to become the first Kenyan to win an IAAF Golden Jackpot following victories in Berlin, Oslo, Rome and Paris. Kenya is also eyeing a sweep of the medals in the men's 3,000 steeplechase with defending champion Ezekiel Kemboi and world champion Brimin Kipruto leading the way.
(Editing by Ed Osmond)
(For more stories visit our multimedia website "Road to Beijing" here; and see our blog at blogs.reuters.com/china)
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Post by kipsang on Aug 4, 2008 17:55:32 GMT 3
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Post by politicalmaniac on Aug 4, 2008 20:46:18 GMT 3
How many golds for kenya?
I say 4,Time Mag has 2 Kenyans in the top 100 gold medal prospects
The US has dngerous runners in the 800M (and so do the Euros and Arabs)
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Post by adongo23456 on Aug 7, 2008 21:24:05 GMT 3
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Post by politicalmaniac on Aug 7, 2008 22:01:13 GMT 3
I think only the 3000M steeple chase is guaranteed.
The rest are iffy
I have downgraded my projections to one single gold
I hope I am suprized.
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Post by job on Aug 8, 2008 4:23:14 GMT 3
PM
Never count out Kenyans. At least two gold...and a couple of silvers and bronzes.
Watch for the women 800m, an epic battle between new sensation 'KAPSABET EXPRESS' ( Jelimo) and the reigning world champion, 'ELDORET EXPRESS' (Janeth Chepkosgei).
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Post by dmutai on Aug 8, 2008 16:19:32 GMT 3
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Post by politicalmaniac on Aug 8, 2008 17:21:08 GMT 3
Very funny This is the message i got Cannot play media. Sorry, this media is not available in your territory |
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Post by politicalmaniac on Aug 8, 2008 17:21:40 GMT 3
He will carry the US flag! |
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Post by toddo on Aug 9, 2008 23:04:53 GMT 3
Say whatever you may about China but the opening ceremony was by far the best ever done by any host country. I sat and watched it live and had to watch the encore presentation. The only opening ceremonies that come close are Sidney and Barcelona. When will Africa host the Olympics?
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Post by deyiengs on Aug 10, 2008 0:14:53 GMT 3
holy cow!
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Post by eosir on Aug 10, 2008 16:43:12 GMT 3
There are far too many baseless rumours about racism that are peddled by Africans and other people of colour. I have lived in Asia for 3 years and have travelled far and wide in China. I have sensed a lot of curiosity but never an element of racism the way I experienced it in the US many years ago as a student. I have talked to several members of the Kenyan olympic team and there was no mention of the sorts of things I am reading here. BTW, there is a lot of racism in Africa as well.
As Africans, we should clean our act and act positively and smart. Respect is not a right, it must be earned. Why do we expect the rest of the world to respect when all we do is **k around and kill each other. Asians are working hard to be as competitive as Europe and America. Yet we in Africa are slipping back into the pre-modern era.
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Post by politicalmaniac on Aug 13, 2008 23:43:19 GMT 3
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Post by einstein on Aug 15, 2008 20:00:44 GMT 3
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Post by politicalmaniac on Aug 16, 2008 1:59:30 GMT 3
he he Kenyans lurking eh? I am very pessimistic this time around One gold would be welcome. Zim got her medals through the swimmer girl, she is darned good! |
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Post by Titchaz on Aug 16, 2008 2:03:09 GMT 3
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Post by Titchaz on Aug 16, 2008 2:05:08 GMT 3
This was an awesome moment....you go boy.Make us proud yawaaa!!! |
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Post by politicalmaniac on Aug 16, 2008 3:41:47 GMT 3
Wapi medali basi?  |
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Post by Titchaz on Aug 16, 2008 3:46:52 GMT 3
Wapi medali basi? Thats the question bro. Kisha most of our good athletes took up foreign citizenship in various countries. |
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Post by mzee on Aug 16, 2008 10:42:00 GMT 3
Wapi medali basi? Thats the question bro. Kisha most of our good athletes took up foreign citizenship in various countries. I dont blame them. The mess in Kenyan sports has been going on for a very long time. Let Kenya organise its house and all will be well. Hata ukishinda pesa huyaoni. Ministry of sports is known for sending more officials (read corrupt bussiness people or joy riders) to the olympics than athletes. Yaani ukiwa na connections you will be put in the badminton, table tennis, arching, rowing etc team even if you are 60 years old. Kwa ufupi bidii halitakupeleka popote. |
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Post by einstein on Aug 16, 2008 18:12:36 GMT 3
Ladies and gentlemen,
It is Zim in the house, leading the African pack with 1 Gold and 3 Silvers!! Go Zim!!
Algeria has bagged their first Silver medal with Egypt and Togo striking a Bronze each!!
Once upon a time (aka chon gi lala), there used to be an African sports giant called Kenya!! Kenya are you still in the house??? I can't hear you, please scream!!
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