New Posts For Thread: Well done Zharnel Hughes and Dina Asha-Smithhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30577355/well-done-zharnel-hughes-and-dina-asha-smithBoth out of the medals in the 200m finals but both smashed their PBs, Dina breaking the national record. He is 20, she is 19 - brilliant prospects for the future.Always far more impressed by those breaking PBs in the final even if out of the medals tAthletics is getting as bad as the premiership football for mercenary attitudes,sport ??????? Next,we will have them standing on the docks at Dover letting them in based on physique.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30577355/well-done-zharnel-hughes-and-dina-asha-smith?post_id=546025959#546025959Athletics is getting as bad as the premiership football for mercenary attitudes,sport ??????? Next,we will have them standing on the docks at Dover letting them in based on physique.Sun, 30 Aug 2015 08:02:09 -0500I TOO SUPPORTED THE BRITISH ATHLETE AROUND THE BEND BOMBING DOWN THE STRAIGHT IN THE 200M THINKING PHUCK ME HE'S FAST, HE CAN'T BE BRITISH, AND I WAS RIGHT! GAVE AN INTERVIEW IN A JAMAICAN ACCENT FFS! FEEL LIKE I WAS CONNED, THEN AGAIN, LINFORD AND Jhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30577355/well-done-zharnel-hughes-and-dina-asha-smith?post_id=546022473#546022473I TOO SUPPORTED THE BRITISH ATHLETE AROUND THE BEND BOMBING DOWN THE STRAIGHT IN THE 200M THINKING PHUCK ME HE'S FAST, HE CAN'T BE BRITISH, AND I WAS RIGHT! GAVE AN INTERVIEW IN A JAMAICAN ACCENT FFS! FEEL LIKE I WAS CONNED, THEN AGAIN, LINFORD AND JSat, 29 Aug 2015 18:13:06 -0500s_h...articulating my sentiments to a teethe longjumper girl who finished 2nd..was yelling 'go on baby'when yer man phil started interviewing her and she opened her mouth..thought to masel'..she ain't f*cking british with that yank accent albeit shehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30577355/well-done-zharnel-hughes-and-dina-asha-smith?post_id=546014333#546014333s_h...articulating my sentiments to a teethe longjumper girl who finished 2nd..was yelling 'go on baby'when yer man phil started interviewing her and she opened her mouth..thought to masel'..she ain't f*cking british with that yank accent albeit sheSat, 29 Aug 2015 07:21:26 -0500We've gone so far down the flag of convenience road now it's all a bit academic for me. You could make the same argument about scores of cricketers who have played for England, but the fact is that once they have a British passport, they can competehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30577355/well-done-zharnel-hughes-and-dina-asha-smith?post_id=546010507#546010507We've gone so far down the flag of convenience road now it's all a bit academic for me. You could make the same argument about scores of cricketers who have played for England, but the fact is that once they have a British passport, they can competeFri, 28 Aug 2015 18:07:52 -0500He's who I was referring to when I said predicament, he could have ran for Jamaica as his mother is from there, but knowing at that point, he wouldn't have made their team but would have easily jumped the queue on the British team including the relayhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30577355/well-done-zharnel-hughes-and-dina-asha-smith?post_id=546010435#546010435He's who I was referring to when I said predicament, he could have ran for Jamaica as his mother is from there, but knowing at that point, he wouldn't have made their team but would have easily jumped the queue on the British team including the relayFri, 28 Aug 2015 18:02:09 -0500Where do you stand on Hughes SH? He's from a British Overseas Territory, which the IAAF and IOC do not recognise as a sovereign nation. Who can he compete for if not Great Britain?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30577355/well-done-zharnel-hughes-and-dina-asha-smith?post_id=546010311#546010311Where do you stand on Hughes SH? He's from a British Overseas Territory, which the IAAF and IOC do not recognise as a sovereign nation. Who can he compete for if not Great Britain?Fri, 28 Aug 2015 17:52:15 -0500I have no feeling of support towards the Plastic Brits at all, regardless of people's counter arguments and the overseas athletes situation and predicament, I can't support of cheer an athlete who is only competing for Britain because they couldn't chttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30577355/well-done-zharnel-hughes-and-dina-asha-smith?post_id=546010029#546010029I have no feeling of support towards the Plastic Brits at all, regardless of people's counter arguments and the overseas athletes situation and predicament, I can't support of cheer an athlete who is only competing for Britain because they couldn't cFri, 28 Aug 2015 17:28:49 -0500She was awesome Anubis, especially considering we have no tradition in that event. Has been a great week of Athletics.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30577355/well-done-zharnel-hughes-and-dina-asha-smith?post_id=546009745#546009745She was awesome Anubis, especially considering we have no tradition in that event. Has been a great week of Athletics.Fri, 28 Aug 2015 17:03:02 -0500I thought the girl who finished 4th in the hammer yesterday and broke the British record twice was overlooked. Well done her as well.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30577355/well-done-zharnel-hughes-and-dina-asha-smith?post_id=546008837#546008837I thought the girl who finished 4th in the hammer yesterday and broke the British record twice was overlooked. Well done her as well.Fri, 28 Aug 2015 16:01:31 -0500Both out of the medals in the 200m finals but both smashed their PBs, Dina breaking the national record. He is 20, she is 19 - brilliant prospects for the future.Always far more impressed by those breaking PBs in the final even if out of the medals thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30577355/well-done-zharnel-hughes-and-dina-asha-smith?post_id=546008777#546008777Both out of the medals in the 200m finals but both smashed their PBs, Dina breaking the national record. He is 20, she is 19 - brilliant prospects for the future.Always far more impressed by those breaking PBs in the final even if out of the medals tFri, 28 Aug 2015 15:56:33 -0500