Oko,

Are you not being overly harsh our sister? I am sure she represented us to
the best of her abilities; and does the mere fact that she was chosen to
represent us show that she's probably the best we've got?

I agree, more priority should be given to our athletes and in that sense
the sports authorities are the culpable ones and not necessarily Adama
Njie, which BTW is her name.

When she came round the corner in what seemed like an eternity after the
others had finished, I found myself saying to her: "at least: 'yaa nyu
wattal sunu waagi' ".

Regards,

Kabir.



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Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 10:13 PM
Subject: Olympics misfortune for The Gambia


> I want ti express my due respect to the friends and family of the
> Gambian girl for the 800 meters heats.
>
> This  was a poor race. The Gambian girl did not put up a race.
>
> I remembered the legends who represented the Gambia in the past ,like
> Anna Coker, Princess Small,Alberta Owadzi etc,They make you proud with
> their quality of performance,their presence and track record. This is
> not the Gambian in sports I know. This is shocking.I was hoping that we
> can build from the experiences of the legends of the past.This is two
> steps backwards.
>
> I wonder how she got to the Olympics in such a low form and a poor time
> ?.I taped it for documentation.
>
> Did we fix this  to get to the party?
>
> How did she clocked an olympic qualifying time to get there? When ?
> Where? Does anyone remembers? .She was the slowest and the most out of
> form (soft and meaty ) and the most out of rhythm runner in all the 800
> meters runnersthroughout the 5 heats.
>
> All this cost money and we should get our money and travelling
> allowances wprth. This is a joke.
>
> She was so slow that she was missed by the main frame of  the camera.
> Amie  was so way behind that she was never in contention.
>
>  I wondered how much money was spent on training for such a poor
> standard of performance,
>
> It was a bad performance and she was LAST in the race by miles behind.
>
> More on The Gambian Athelits from The Olympics.
>
> Oko Drammeh
> Sport En
>
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