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What went wrong at the World Junior Champs?
PAUL REID on the sporting edge
There was some chatter that given the event was being held in the United States, travel time would be no big deal. How wrong they were. It took me 15 hours from checking in at Sangster International on a Sunday morning to checking into my hotel very early the next morning.
The schedule had been set from at least nine months ago and surely those responsible for the travel plans of the athletes must have had some idea which athletes should leave early.
Most troubling was the situation with the 100m runners in Eugene. It would be interesting to hear the reason why Jonielle Smith was allowed to travel with the team, basically as a manager, since there was no way she was going to be able to compete given her injuries.
She broke down in training two weeks before the team left and had to be withdrawn from the pre-competition camp and even with that knowledge, she was taken to Eugene, where she promptly broke down again in training.
Michael O'Hara said he told the coaches and managers he had no intention of running the 100m, yet he was entered for the event when they arrived in Eugene.
To make a Bad situation worse, the Jamaican team had not entered alternates for the 100m, as is allowed, and so neither Smith nor O'Hara could be replaced. And this was after reserves were told they would be competing.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/regio...amps-_17310983
What went wrong at the World Junior Champs?
PAUL REID on the sporting edge
There was some chatter that given the event was being held in the United States, travel time would be no big deal. How wrong they were. It took me 15 hours from checking in at Sangster International on a Sunday morning to checking into my hotel very early the next morning.
The schedule had been set from at least nine months ago and surely those responsible for the travel plans of the athletes must have had some idea which athletes should leave early.
Most troubling was the situation with the 100m runners in Eugene. It would be interesting to hear the reason why Jonielle Smith was allowed to travel with the team, basically as a manager, since there was no way she was going to be able to compete given her injuries.
She broke down in training two weeks before the team left and had to be withdrawn from the pre-competition camp and even with that knowledge, she was taken to Eugene, where she promptly broke down again in training.
Michael O'Hara said he told the coaches and managers he had no intention of running the 100m, yet he was entered for the event when they arrived in Eugene.
To make a Bad situation worse, the Jamaican team had not entered alternates for the 100m, as is allowed, and so neither Smith nor O'Hara could be replaced. And this was after reserves were told they would be competing.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/regio...amps-_17310983
Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 
05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015
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