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Listed below are comments made by lucasmcp between Sunday, 13th July 2008 and Saturday, 27th September 2008.

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Torres key to Liverpool hopes 8:44pm on 27 Sep 2008 At 5:41pm on 27 Sep 2008, Phil McNulty - BBC Sport wrote:
To Haythnasr...good spot and corrected immediately - but my name's only got on "L" so I'll hit back rather pathetically with that.

Sheesh... and 'one' is spelt O-N-E... the articles alright tho !
Rutherford's heroics and the 100m showdown 09:19am on 14 Jul 2008 Anglo_Celt

Yes, it's possible the courts may rule in favour of BOA. But, IMHO very unlikely... in the eyes of the law three missed tests are on a par with admission of guilt... and Christine O was allowed to serve a one year ban and BOA more than happy to expunge the Olympic Ban - is the DC case very different (in the eyes of the law) ?

Similalry, as I understand it the BOA is the only international body that has this by-law - in any European court I understand it would be torn to shreds... personally, I think BOA should fall into line with the rest of the world's governing bodies - athletics is an international sport and all athletes should compete on level playing field.

Anyone who makes this into a race issue is sick - this is simply about whether an athlete should be given a chance to redeem himself and represent his country at the Olympics - as he can do at any other athletics meet... why should the Olympics be any different ?
Rutherford's heroics and the 100m showdown 08:02am on 14 Jul 2008 ahh - that's better - a more balanced / unbiased appraisal of the Chambers situation from Cram - shame you couldn't commentate on the live race in the same fashion.

why do you get annoyed / why is it so hard for the 100m athletes to wait until wednesday to find out what the final selection is going to be - a couple of extra days shouldn't be a problem ?

as you say the selectors can just name a couple of provisional spots, pending the hearing... and, as I think everyone is full aware, once the courts rule in favour of DC... he can take up the third place.

you've also not mentioned paula in the list of potential medalists above, surely if she gets on the plane, along with phillips, these are our two best medal hopes.

however, i would love it if DC came through on the final leg of the 4x100m and brought home a medal for team GB - can't wait to hear your live commentry on that :o)
Dose of long jump joy relieves Chambers headache 9:35pm on 13 Jul 2008 I am so glad other people out there have complained about the biased commentry of the BBC team... especially Steve Cram and now this article too.

I must admit I was pretty much 50/50 on this issue and could see both sides of the arguement - something perhaps the BBC could learn from ?

But, I was irritated so much by Cram and co, blatently ignoring what everyone who watched the race live could see for themselves - there were a few supporters there who booed DC, but the vast majority cheered at his name and at the end of an excellent race.......

I and family around me were shocked by their biased stance - not one prepared to stand out and say through all his 'trials' DC ran a terrific race and without doubt now deserves his place on the team.

I also have no doubt that this BOA by-law will be overturned in the courts as per Christina O and the shot-putter chap - as has been mentioned above the double-standards here is bewildering...

Thanks to the BBC and their biased coverage I am certainly going to support Dwain and am really pleased to see the overwhelming public support for him.

Go for it DC - the British public don't like bullies !!

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