Sunday, 31 October 2010

A Leap Too Far

Sapolai Yao, the Steeplechase champion of  Papua New Guinea was disqualified from this years Commonwealth Games Steeplechase race .....

Sapolai Yao Climbed The Steeplechase Hurdles
First you climb ....

.... after he was caught by 50,000 spectators, and a world wide TV audience, using the nearest pot plant to get over the steeplechase barriers.


Then He Leapt
Then  you leap .....
 
He was just knackered, and frankly I don't remember anything from the rules as they were explained to me at school sports days, that specifically prohibited climbing the hurdles .... and in fact the athlete, who stands a little under 4 feet 10 inches tall (1.52metres), somehow, still managed to finish 9th of the 13 runners. This begs the question, 'where were the other four runners while he was erecting the scaffolds?' 

I would give him a medal for ingenuity ....

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