You probably know the start of this Olympic story, but do you know how it finished?
This photo is of Eric Moussambani, aka 'Eric the Eel' from Equatorial Guinea, competing in the 100m Freestyle event at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, alone.
Why?
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Ayrton Senna died 30 years ago today. Rewatched "Senna" a few weeks ago, directed by the brilliant @asifkapadia, while writing this (https://t.co/LZP7ug9nKH). It remains utterly gobsmacking that racing went ahead after the Barrichello crash and then the death of Ratzenberger.
@there_is_no_if Sadly, it feels like it always has been that way and always will be, as long as the spectacle fits. The Jeddah 21 actions proved it with Max - the punishment couldn’t hurt the end result - the viewing figures. Perhaps we have to accept that the sport has changed?
@there_is_no_if Granted, you make a good point. What’s the solution then? Especially considering the horrific events of AD21 😞
(And thanks for realising the autocorrect of Crockett 🏏)
@there_is_no_if Then we’re keeping a human measurement in the sport. That has worked for Crockett, rugby and many other sports. Unless we want to get to a point of over regulation, then perhaps we accept that this is the best thing?