[Atletiek] De sport der sporten

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Op zondag 24 juni 2012 02:50 schreef heywoodu het volgende:
Kan niks vinden om het te kijken online

WR zou echt gaaf zijn zeg, toch wel het bazenonderdeel van de atletiek

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Ugandan track event athletes have blamed their failure to qualify for the Olympics on the inferior track they were forced to use for time trials.

These were supposed to be held at the national stadium but a double booking meant they had to make way for a Japanese Happy Science religious rally.

The Uganda Athletics Federation said had they been at the stadium, at least five athletes could have qualified.

The BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga in the capital, Kampala, says there is a feeling that Happy Science's money enabled them to get the venue over the athletics meeting.

But Brian Rycroft from Happy Science told the BBC the new age group had booked the stadium for their event on Saturday through a third party and did not know about the confusion.
'End of the road'

Our reporter says the Olympic time trials for hundreds of athletes had to be held on Friday at Makerere University, where the track is uneven and does not have precision timing equipment.

A few of Uganda's runners will get another chance to qualify at the All Africa Games in Benin next week, but for many it is the end of road, our reporter says.
Uganda's Jacob Araptany and Uganda's Benjamin Kiplagat compete during the men's 3,000m steeplechase final at World Championships in Daegu on 1 September 2011 A small Ugandan team will be going to Benin next week for the All Africa Games

"I feel bad because I would have qualified as I was close to the time," Okiror Anthony, a 400m runner, said.

Saturday's rally at the Namboole Stadium is Happy Science's first major rally in Africa and thousands turned up for the event.

The group has also come in for criticism from various Ugandan religious leaders, our correspondent says.

Some evangelical pastors in Kampala have even called Happy Science a cult.

But Mr Rycroft said the accusations were unfounded and the group was an "open organisation".

"People are welcome to join us from whatever background race or religion. And they're free to leave anytime too if they don't want to stay in Happy Science."

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Op maandag 25 juni 2012 02:05 schreef Columbiafan het volgende:
Loopt even snel (sneller) met als zonder doping wel?

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Op maandag 25 juni 2012 02:05 schreef Columbiafan het volgende:
Loopt even snel (sneller) met als zonder doping wel?

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Op maandag 25 juni 2012 02:09 schreef DeeBee het volgende:

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Tsja...wat je daar dan van moet maken inderdaad...

Geen slechte tijden btw! Top-3 van de trials naar Londen op de 100 meter?