Cheruiyot Seeks Compensation After Chicago Fall

[Jon]

Heh. :lol: I only wonder why it's taken so long.

Because he isn't American.

[Jon]

. . . and (2) he might have a bad case because nobody else fell down.

Didn't they remove the slippery strip shortly after he fell?

Yes. So obviously the organisers felt it was unsafe too - otherwise they'd have kept it on.

[MJD]

I suspect a bunch of USAnians talked him into it. They give people money down there because they are too stupid to realize coffee is hot.

[26mi235]

. . . and (2) he might have a bad case because nobody else fell down.

Didn't they remove the slippery strip shortly after he fell?

Yes. So obviously the organisers felt it was unsafe too - otherwise they'd have kept it on.

That decision was made in almost a split second, there was not time for consideration of everything -- the fall occurred and someone on the finishline team pulled it up.

[George P.]

Heh. :lol: I only wonder why it's taken so long.

Because he isn't American.

Europeans use old-fashioned socialism to redistribute wealth. Americans have more creative approaches. 8)