Clueless writing about our sport

[tandfman]

Here's some clueless tv commentary about our sport:

https://twitter.com/Cathal_Dennehy/s...74792482131972

[Atticus]

That's hilarious!

But sad. Is the person who selected that illustration really that . . . clueless? I feel like the other examples in this thread were just clueless about our sport, but this example surpasses the others in real-life cluelessness.

[tandfman]

That's hilarious!

[El Toro]

Not writing per se, but I found this description while researching the Peter Snell natural surface thread:

https://www.alamy.com/cinder-track-o...e60263505.html

[bambam1729]

Wanting to see if the IOC had a story about the passing of Peter Snell, I went to their website and typed Snell's name in the search engine. When I got to his page, they had his portrait picture and a larger action shot. Unfortunately, the action shot is of Snell's teammate, John Davies, the 1964 bronze medalist in the 1500m.

https://www.olympic.org/peter-snell

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I contacted the people I work with at the IOC in the Olympic Studies Centre and they informed me this AM that this has been corrected.

[tandfman]

That struck me odd too. Once an Olympian, always an Olympian.

Even if that were not true, it seems odd to call an active athlete, who is very likely to make the Olympic team again next year, a "former" Olympian.

[Atticus]

FORMER Olympian???? He happens to be the reigning Olympic champion!

That struck me odd too. Once an Olympian, always an Olympian.

[Trickstat]

FORMER Olympian???? He happens to be the reigning Olympic champion!

I suppose he's a former Olympian if you are only an Olympian during the period of the Games itself!

I think the general view on here is that you are once an Olympian always an Olympian. After you retire you could be described as a former Olympic shot putter/sprinter/swimmer/gymnast etc etc.

[tandfman]

Holy shit! This goes way up on the clueless list.

Headline:

Former Olympian Crouser joins men’s track & field

Story lede:

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Former Olympian Ryan Crouser has joined the Razorbacks as a volunteer assistant for the men’s track & field program.

FORMER Olympian???? He happens to be the reigning Olympic champion!

[tandfman]

Clueless headline writer:

>>Olympic mile, 800-meter champion Peter Snell dead at 80<<

Gee, I didn't know they ran the mile in the Olympics, did you?

The story has it right.

https://arunachaltimes.in/index.php/...ll-dead-at-80/

[gh]

looks like br posted at 12:11 and bam responded at 12:12

br then removed his original post and resposted at 12:13 (probably without knowing bam had respodned)

[tandfman]

I think this is a new wrinkle here. bambam's response to br's pos, above, is time-stamped one minute BEFORE br's post. How is that possible?

[br]

Wanting to see if the IOC had a story about the passing of Peter Snell, I went to their website and typed Snell's name in the search engine. When I got to his page, they had his portrait picture and a larger action shot. Unfortunately, the action shot is of Snell's teammate, John Davies, the 1964 bronze medalist in the 1500m.

https://www.olympic.org/peter-snell

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[bambam1729]

Wanting to see if the IOC had a story about the passing of Peter Snell, I went to their website and typed Snell's name in the search engine. When I got to his page, they had his portrait picture and a larger action shot. Unfortunately, the action shot is of Snell's teammate, John Davies, the 1964 bronze medalist in the 1500m.

https://www.olympic.org/peter-snell

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WHy does that not surprise me?

[Atticus]

Discuss throw and staple chess!

1. DT is for people who only talk a great game.
2. SC is for people who work in an office with only one stapler and have to out-maneuver fellow workers to get it.