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4 months ago
Isn't the guy from Ethiopia...? |
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4 months ago
Gee, who would've 'ever thought' that an athlete from an Arican country; where people make estimated guesses at 'junior' runners ages, would've been found out. Perhaps the moon was full over the valley during the summer solstice when they initially guestimated his age? |
dotcom 4 months ago
Oh the irony!!
http://www.flotrack.org/article/9989-Aman-Stripped-of-Junior-Title
2009 AFRICAN JUNIOR CHAMPION AMAN DISQUALIFIED FOR BEING UNDER AGE
By David Monti (c) 2012 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved, used with permission
(18-Jan) -- The 2009 African Junior Championships gold medalist at 800m, Mohamed Aman Geleto of Ethiopia, has been stripped of his medal by the IAAF for being too young to compete in those championships.
According to a statement from former IAAF General Secretary Pierre Weiss dated 27 November, 2011, which was circulated by BBC statistician Mark Butler, an investigation determined that Aman was born 10 January 1994, making him 15 years-old when he won his gold medal in Bambous, Mauritius, on 2 August, 2009. In global junior championships, athletes must be at least 16 years of age by the end of the year during which the competition was held. Aman did not turn 16 until ten days after that year had ended.