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August 24, 2003
At the World Championships in France, U.S. sprinter John Drummond was disqualified under an odd new false-start rule and protested by laying on the track for five minutes (AP link).
I saw this on the beeb. Ok, so he's petulant, and angry, but that's what you get when TV starts dictating the rules rather than athletes, promoters, or fans. (the rule was introduced by TV companies to stop endless false-starts).
posted by BigCalm at 05:38 PM on August 24, 2003
Cheers for that BigCalm, it just got funnier.
posted by Fat Buddha at 06:15 PM on August 24, 2003
Ah Drummond isn't much anyhow. All these guys are petulant egotists - remember Linford Christie at the Atlanta Games? Two false starts and it took him 15 minutes to leave the track he was so pissed and roid raging.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 11:32 AM on August 25, 2003
"My spirit is broken because it has always been my desire to provide entertainment for the fans." Insufferable ass.
You're a good man Charlie Brown.
posted by lilnemo at 01:06 PM on August 26, 2003
I heard all that on the radio, it was hilarious; the only time athletics has been interesting since Mary Decker tripped over her own feet. Ato Bolden is a petulant chap isn't he. Mind you, showing off seems to be intrinsic to the discipline.