¶ 2021 mOG 110H: Hansle Parchment (Jamaica) 13.04

[Atticus]

I'm going to engage in a self-beating now for agreeing with you twice.

Don't worry, we'll be disagreeing about something else soon enough!

[NotDutra5]

Not a fair comparison. Benjamin was understandably wasted after a superhuman effort over 400 meters with hurdles.
OTH, No matter how hard you run the 110, the recovery time is a matter of a few minutes at most.

It's not the tired and not jumping around of Benjamin I'm referring to.

[18.99s]

Hansle Parchment came very close to not even showing up for the semifinals!

In this video on FB, he explains that he mistakenly took the wrong bus on the day of the semifinal, and how he eventually made it to the stadium in the nick of time.

https://www.facebook.com/gleanerjama...52534013004977

[18.99s]

Here's a written article about Parchment's predicament, if you don't want to watch the Facebook video.

https://buzz-caribbean.com/life/heres-how-a-kind-japanese-volunteer-helped-hansle-parchment-win-an-olympic-gold-medal/

[Atticus]

By the way, can we start a change.com petition to get Mr. Holloway to run more events regularly, I'm fairly serious when I suggest he could win World Gold in

100
200
400
110H
400H
LJ
TJ (would take TWO seasons)
Dec (watching him PV alone would be worth the price of admission)

Just sayin'.

[scorpionking]

It's not the tired and not jumping around of Benjamin I'm referring to.

Read you loud and clear and agree!

[steve]

By the way, can we start a change.com petition to get Mr. Holloway to run more events regularly, I'm fairly serious when I suggest he could win World Gold in

100
200
400
110H
400H
LJ
TJ (would take TWO seasons)
Dec (watching him PV alone would be worth the price of admission)

Just sayin'.

Completely agree about his potential. A petition might just be the way to force him to live up to what we want!

[gh]

obviously not a chance in the world that Holloway would move away from the hurdles while smarting from such an unexpected loss

[steve]

obviously not a chance in the world that Holloway would move away from the hurdles while smarting from such an unexpected loss

Completely agree with this too, petition or no.

[Atticus]

If you haven't seen this video, it's a must-see!

It turns out that the Gold Medal went to a most deserving individual.

Click on "Thank You".

https://www.instagram.com/parchment_hansle/

[18.99s]

If you haven't seen this video, it's a must-see!

It turns out that the Gold Medal went to a most deserving individual.

Click on "Thank You".

https://www.instagram.com/parchment_hansle/

That's the same video I linked to in post #138 above (albeit on FB).

It's amazing how one simple act of kindness changed Olympic history.

I read she's been offered an all-expenses-paid trip to visit Jamaica.

[18.99s]

The young lady who helped Parchment get to the stadium was hosted at the Jamaican embassy in Japan, and had a video call with Jamaica's Minister of Tourism who announced the offer of an all-expenses paid trip to Jamaica for her and her guest.

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2...-medalist.html
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umgh7n3ttxc&t=58s