Just turned on-what happened?
A Botswana 400m gold medal prospect has been banned from competing in tonights final with suspected noro virus
A Botswana 400m gold medal prospect has been banned from competing in tonights final with suspected noro virus
Why is that a farce? It's an infectious condition that could ruin prevent other athletes from competing if they catch it. I guess it depends on why they suspect he has it.
Well he hasn't got it by all account. They have done NO tests to prove it.
Yet the FA are quite happy for us to field 11 players puking up their guts with the same thing.
Why is that a farce? It's an infectious condition that could ruin prevent other athletes from competing if they catch it. I guess it depends on why they suspect he has it.
He hasn't got it and if they wanted to take precautions he could have easily been quarantined till the race. I accept heats and semis may be a different case but not a final.
Why should a final be any different if there is a perceived threat of infection to other athletes and anyone else he may come into contact with?
Has Makwala said categorically he doesn't have norovirus or has he just said he himself felt fit enough to race? Regardless of what he may feel he is not a doctor.
He said himself that he was vomiting yesterday before the 200m heats so clearly there is, or at least has been something wrong with him. Neither he nor his federation made a fuss about him being withdrawn from the 200m - an event in which he has the world leading time this year so would be expected to medal - but they do when he's withdrawn from the 400m. The Irish hurdler Thomas Barr was withdrawn from his semi-final for the same reason, but has accepted the decision.
Either Makwala has norovirus as well, in which case he can have no complaints about being withdrawn, or he and his federation have tried to pull a fast one and get him out of the 200m to give himself a better chance in the 400m. And if he withdraws from an event for which he is listed for any non-medical reason then under IAAF rules he cannot take part in any further events in the Championships.
Not quite. The IAAF banned him for 48hrs which meant he missed the 400m final. He wasn't diagnosed with the lurgy. He didn't withdraw himself as far as he says.
His own doctors published his temp and heart rate which were normal. His federation received no news till they went on the BBC.
As someone else said can you imagine if this was the UK team and it was Farah or Johnson Thompson?
The whole thing seemed like a right cock up with the BBC playing a game of he said she said last night contributing to the farcical nature of the whole thing.It's the IAAF making the decision, not UK Athletics. Why would they prevent one of the favourites for an event from competing, to the detriment of the race and the Championships as a whole, without good reason to do so?
It's the IAAF making the decision, not UK Athletics. Why would they prevent one of the favourites for an event from competing, to the detriment of the race and the Championships as a whole, without good reason to do so?
No question if it had been the USA or GB or any team that matters it would have been treated differently. But Botswana, well they don't countIt's the IAAF making the decision, not UK Athletics. Why would they prevent one of the favourites for an event from competing, to the detriment of the race and the Championships as a whole, without good reason to do so?
Not sure that's the case, I think the difference is if it was USA or GB , it would've been handled differently by our administration, the IAAF would've been threatened instantly with all sorts of stuff and the resolution would've been made sooner...not sure Botswana have that much experience with this sort of thing.No question if it had been the USA or GB or any team that matters it would have been treated differently. But Botswana, well they don't count