Is Mo Farrah the greatest ever British sportsman?

[nicko31]

It is most of the year not just warm weather training. Then there is the Kenya training camp. British coaching facilities not good enough for him? I don't see Jessica Ennis-Hill or Greg Rutherford listing the USA as their main place of residence. The facilities up in sheffield are more than adequate for them both.

Are you going to have a go at Andy Murray too for training in Florida? If I was an elite distance runner I wouldn't be training in British winter conditions. Kenya sounds perfect, great weather and altitude too.

 

[beorhthelm]

...Also, the point about his residence in the States is trivial. He resides there because it allows him to do warm weather training which is important to your success in long distance running. Not really an option in the UK in late November when people are wearing their thermals.

i dont know the reasons for training in Oregon, but it certainly isnt warm weather, its temperatures are pretty similar to ours.

 

[joeinbrighton]

i dont know the reasons for training in Oregon, but it certainly isnt warm weather, its temperatures are pretty similar to ours.

He might well live in Oregon, but I imagine he trains in one of the states a bit further south of there.

 

[wellquickwoody]

Redgrave, Bannister, Coe, Thompson and many others. Mo is very, very good, but he is not British, he runs under a British flag, end of discussion.

 

[topbanana36]

Are you going to have a go at Andy Murray too for training in Florida? If I was an elite distance runner I wouldn't be training in British winter conditions. Kenya sounds perfect, great weather and altitude too.

No I'll have a pop at Andy Murray for other reasons

 

[Half Time Pies]

He lives in the states most of the year and he lists portland USA as his main residence.

I don't understand the point....he lives in the states most of the year because he is trained by Alberto Salazar at the Nike Oregon project! Along with Kenya its the best place to train for a long distance runner in the world which is why he is there.

We don't have a comparable training facility in the UK.

 

[joeinbrighton]

Some people have a very antiquated view of nationality if someone who came to the UK since primary school and was educated here and speaks with a North London accent is seen as not British.

Given how much people move around the world now through their parents' choices and then as adults their own choices due to the freedom of movement now available, nationality is far more complex than it was 2 generations ago where it was black and white unless you happened to be born overseas due to a parent being in the services.

 

[Triggaaar]

Wiggins.

 

[joeinbrighton]

Wiggins.

Isn't he technically Belgian?

 

[Triggaaar]

Isn't he technically Belgian?

No. If I had my kids whilst on holiday, they'd still be English. Granted, I holiday in Weymouth, but that's not the point.

 

[joeinbrighton]

No. If I had my kids whilst on holiday, they'd still be English. Granted, I holiday in Weymouth, but that's not the point.

I was having a little joke.

 

[Stat Brother]

It's hard to see phrases like:-

Along with Kenya its the best place to train for a long distance runner in the world

and not have that followed by raised eyebrows, a gentle nose tap & a knowing

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/apr/16/kenyan-epo-tv-documentary-wada

 

[Norman Potting]

John Crumplin (football genius)

 

[Bakero]

Redgrave, Bannister, Coe, Thompson and many others. Mo is very, very good, but he is not British, he runs under a British flag, end of discussion.

What is the definition of being British?

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Alex Hurricane Higgins

could you win the world championship pissed up?

Legend. Box Office.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Some people have a very antiquated view of nationality if someone who came to the UK since primary school and was educated here and speaks with a North London accent is seen as not British.

Given how much people move around the world now through their parents' choices and then as adults their own choices due to the freedom of movement now available, nationality is far more complex than it was 2 generations ago where it was black and white unless you happened to be born overseas due to a parent being in the services.

Joe,surely nationality has to first formost where you are born ?

 

[dejavuatbtn]

In my book you should either be born in Britain or have one British parent in order to call yourself British in terms of international classification for sport. I don't have a problem with British residency from abroad, but struggle to understand how overseas sportspeople are able to pick and choose which country they compete for.

 

[Half Time Pies]

It's hard to see phrases like:-

Along with Kenya its the best place to train for a long distance runner in the world

and not have that followed by raised eyebrows, a gentle nose tap & a knowing

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/apr/16/kenyan-epo-tv-documentary-wada

There is hardly a country in the world that doesn't have a problem with drug use in sport.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Daley Thompson.

The decathlon is the hardest individual sport and he was the king.

When he arrived back in Crawley circa 1980 with his gold medal there was nobody to meet him. When that little c unt Minter returned to Crawley there was bunting. I lived there at the time. Minter's dad used to large it in the pub where I worked.. 100% nasy piece of work. The pub was littered with NF leaflets every Saturday lunchtime. Is Crawley still a nasty little racist shit hole?

 

[Honky Tonx]

Phil THE POWER Taylor judging by all the titles he has won