Santo Domingo.- Olympic gold medalist Felix Sanchez on Monday asked Dominicans to pray for his recovery from an injury of his left foot, and will wait until the last minute to decide whether he'll defend his 400 meter Olympic hurdles title.
The runner said he'll wait until August 15, the day when the heats begin in his specialty, to determine if he's strong enough to competi.
Sanchez said his health conditions should be evaluated daily. "My biggest problems with the injury is when I jump the hurdles," which he said are his real rivals when stepping onto the track.
The Dominican noted that he isn't afraid of runners such the world champion, Kerron Clement, of the U.S. and called on Dominicans to say "one million" prayers so God helps him recover for the Beijing Olympics.
Source: Laopciondigital.com
Written by: anthonyC, 5 Aug 2008 10:42 AM
From: United States
You have to be Kidding me!!!
Written by: Jander, 5 Aug 2008 10:57 AM
From: Dominican Republic
What the hell is that comment supposed to mean?
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Written by: Jander, 5 Aug 2008 1:32 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Dominicans please say a prayer for this "lunatics mental health as well GhoulishColon, ""
Off his meds again..tsk tsk
From: United States
Facist Nazi guard .. you just don't learn do you .. it's a waste of time .. there are practically no limits to the rule of "Combinatoric Reincarnation" .. so let's play ..
Written by: yovanny, 5 Aug 2008 2:52 PM
From: Dominican Republic
My prayers are with you.... You are Our Super Man, God Speed........
Written by: anthonyC, 5 Aug 2008 5:08 PM
From: United States
What great Christians.
Don't pray for the poor or Sick.
Pray for some overpaid athelete to win a medal.
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
Tonyc you come from a country that has every thing including international sports heroes and celebrities in all the arts and sciences....Let the Dominicans have a little international pride and quit busting their eggs about it....They need this as do all people and countries it is called pride....I sometimes suffer the same problem........ then I have to ask myself the reasons why I do it ?
From: United States
Let's stop hating on the man and say a lil prayer.
Come on Anthonyc you can do it too.
Written by: anthonyC, 6 Aug 2008 2:47 PM
From: United States
Written by: gouletcolonial, 6 Aug 2008 6:32 AM
From: Canada
Tonyc you come from a country that has every thing including international sports heroes and celebrities in all the arts and sciences....Let the Dominicans have a little international pride and quit busting their eggs about it....They need this as do all people and countries it is called pride....I sometimes suffer the same problem........ then I have to ask myself the reasons why I do it ?
A agree but not Sanchez. He isn't even Dominican.
Why push athletes as heroes? Why not doctors, Scientists, Writers?
Written by: licey71, 8 Aug 2008 12:49 PM
From: Dominican Republic
now
Written by: licey71, 8 Aug 2008 12:49 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Yes AnthonyC. Dominicans should not be overpaying and gawking for athletes that were not even born in our country. Shame on us.
We should follow the US example, where they don't give a rats ass about foreigners such as Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, Albert Pujols, David Beckham, Roger Federer. Not only they get NO PRESS or FAME at all but they don't get paid more than scientists and doctors or writers.
I hear that Stephen King is making $72mil a year...oh wait...that would be Simon Cowell. I guess Simon Cowell is a great american writer, right? What was that? Simon Cowell is a BRITTISH show host? Did you say SHOW HOST? You meant scientist at least, right? Oh, SHOW HOST..I see. My mistake.
Well, anybody can make a mistake. Let’s lay off of AnthonyC. Maybe he means to say that we should not be praying for athletes who represent our countries just because they have Dominican descent. What we should be praying for is androgynous pedophiles who sing about rats and mirror
Written by: licey71, 8 Aug 2008 12:50 PM
From: Dominican Republic
cont..reflections. Yeah like the imbeciles who stood for days on end outside Michael Jackson’s trial saying he was innocent.
Truly, AnthonyC, we are not lucky to have been born in a country were doctors and scientists get more press than Paris Hilton, Brett Favre or even Hannah Montana, the way you are, so please have some compassion.
I’m gonna go now because my favorite US show is on the air “Scientists Gone Brilliant!”
As brilliant as ANTHONYC, I am sure.
I’m just kidding. What ANTHONYC means to say is that countries should not allow foreign nationals to represent them in the Olympics.
What…what was that?
“The number of foreign-born athletes competing in USA uniforms has increased since the 2004 Olympics.
There are at least 33 of them, compared to 27 at the 2004 Summer Games, according to the U.S. Olympic Committee. They include former Tully track star Lopez Lomong, Bernard Legat and Leo Manzano, who will represent the U.S. in the 1,500-meter race. Lopez, is from
Written by: licey71, 8 Aug 2008 12:51 PM
From: Dominican Republic
cont.... Lopez, is from Sudan, Bernard from Kenya and Leo was born in Mexico.
Some of the other athletes were born in China, Korea, Vietnam, Austrailia and Russia.”
Also…
Freddy Adu (men's soccer) was born in Tema, Ghana and emigrated to Potomac, Md., in 1997 after his parents won an immigration lottery.
Written by: anthonyC, 8 Aug 2008 1:20 PM
From: United States
Hey Guys. Guess What?
I don't approve of the US using foreign nationals Either!
The US is just as guilty as the DR at promoting false heroes. That doesn't make it right.
So come on.
I really want to promote true Dominican Heroes!
Written by: licey71, 8 Aug 2008 2:20 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Sorry, I could not hear you over my violin here.
First you complained that we should not pray for him because he is not poor or sick. Well he is not rich either and he may not be sick but he is injured. Besides, people pray for whomever they feel like it. See if praying will help ANYBODY, anyways.
Second, make up your mind? You want to promote doctors, scientists, writers OR athletes? If you think that we should give attetion to doctors and the likes, then you would have to agree that athletes are not heroes, no matter where they are born so it is a mute point you are making.
Some people need religion to feel good. Some need sports. Leave them be. I don't believe in God but you don't see me in a religious forum talking smack about JC and his unkempt beard.
You want to promote a true dominican heroe? How about Antonio Guzman Fernandez? Why is he a hero? Because near the end of his term he took a gun a blew his sorry head off. That's self criticism!!
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
The hippo would have been a hero if he did it at the beginning of his term...and saved us our criticism
From: United States
Does anyone see a pattern? AnthonyC loves to follow in every post created for him because he claims that Sanchez is not Dominican. I wouldnt be surprised if he does this on every blog about Felix. Tony cry me a river. No one takes you seriously so please, stop
Written by: anthonyC, 9 Aug 2008 11:08 PM
From: United States
"No one takes you seriously so please, stop"
Well it seems that you do!
From: United States
Listen bro. your opinion matters to me as much as your favorite color. so keep on making an ass of yourself. I think its funny that your so jealous of this guy.
Written by: anthonyC, 10 Aug 2008 12:30 PM
From: United States
Jealous? HAHAHAHA.
Disgusted more like it.
I care about the DR and one thing the DR needs is role models. What kind of Role model are you giving the kids of the DR?
Sure kids. Work hard. Dedicate yourself and you to will be rewarded by having a place on your National Team being taken by a extranjero!!!
Written by: nelrod, 10 Aug 2008 11:37 PM
From: United States
antony c if u and your wife r americans 100 % an your son was born in "cuba" ... and there s a war u ll like than him fight egains u and his own famili. dude u must be weetedee. and we don't have heros out of the sports. thas truth...well we where had one if your hero, g.w.bush where been dominican...
Written by: efrain92, 10 Aug 2008 11:51 PM
From: United States
all of this is crazy. Felix Sanchez is as dominican as any one who was born in the DR and raised in the US, or born in the US to dominican parents and even those born and remain in the DR. Dominican REpublic is a Transnational coutry. Ours economy is dependent on forgien countries, our culture is influenced by other countries. This border issue is crazy. Think about it. Our prez was raised and educated in the US. Is he dominican?
U are whatever u see urself as. I live in the United States and have become a citizen of the United States. I am american. But i am also domincan. And as much as i want the US to kick ass in the olympics. in the 400m hurdels and every other event with a Dominican i will cheer for my dominican brothers and sisters.
Get well soon felix. Bring the dominican people both in the island and away some pride
Written by: george, 13 Aug 2008 1:28 AM
From: United States
I agree with efrain92.
....and AnthonyC, I understand your point of view. I'm 100% Dominican and I'm also very grateful with the United States for giving me an opportunity to make something out of myself. I have to say that the Dominican people are very into sports, which I think is great. I think that people like you do not realize that the only time through out history where the whole world comes together is at the Olympics, and I have never seen the whole world come together to write a book. Sports is where every nation in the world put differences aside and compete against each other without killing themselves.... and I rather see competitions in sports than WARS.
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Off his meds again..tsk tsk
Don't pray for the poor or Sick.
Pray for some overpaid athelete to win a medal.
Come on Anthonyc you can do it too.
From: Canada
Tonyc you come from a country that has every thing including international sports heroes and celebrities in all the arts and sciences....Let the Dominicans have a little international pride and quit busting their eggs about it....They need this as do all people and countries it is called pride....I sometimes suffer the same problem........ then I have to ask myself the reasons why I do it ?
A agree but not Sanchez. He isn't even Dominican.
Why push athletes as heroes? Why not doctors, Scientists, Writers?
We should follow the US example, where they don't give a rats ass about foreigners such as Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, Albert Pujols, David Beckham, Roger Federer. Not only they get NO PRESS or FAME at all but they don't get paid more than scientists and doctors or writers.
I hear that Stephen King is making $72mil a year...oh wait...that would be Simon Cowell. I guess Simon Cowell is a great american writer, right? What was that? Simon Cowell is a BRITTISH show host? Did you say SHOW HOST? You meant scientist at least, right? Oh, SHOW HOST..I see. My mistake.
Well, anybody can make a mistake. Let’s lay off of AnthonyC. Maybe he means to say that we should not be praying for athletes who represent our countries just because they have Dominican descent. What we should be praying for is androgynous pedophiles who sing about rats and mirror
Truly, AnthonyC, we are not lucky to have been born in a country were doctors and scientists get more press than Paris Hilton, Brett Favre or even Hannah Montana, the way you are, so please have some compassion.
I’m gonna go now because my favorite US show is on the air “Scientists Gone Brilliant!”
As brilliant as ANTHONYC, I am sure.
I’m just kidding. What ANTHONYC means to say is that countries should not allow foreign nationals to represent them in the Olympics.
What…what was that?
“The number of foreign-born athletes competing in USA uniforms has increased since the 2004 Olympics.
There are at least 33 of them, compared to 27 at the 2004 Summer Games, according to the U.S. Olympic Committee. They include former Tully track star Lopez Lomong, Bernard Legat and Leo Manzano, who will represent the U.S. in the 1,500-meter race. Lopez, is from
Some of the other athletes were born in China, Korea, Vietnam, Austrailia and Russia.”
Also…
Freddy Adu (men's soccer) was born in Tema, Ghana and emigrated to Potomac, Md., in 1997 after his parents won an immigration lottery.
I don't approve of the US using foreign nationals Either!
The US is just as guilty as the DR at promoting false heroes. That doesn't make it right.
So come on.
I really want to promote true Dominican Heroes!
First you complained that we should not pray for him because he is not poor or sick. Well he is not rich either and he may not be sick but he is injured. Besides, people pray for whomever they feel like it. See if praying will help ANYBODY, anyways.
Second, make up your mind? You want to promote doctors, scientists, writers OR athletes? If you think that we should give attetion to doctors and the likes, then you would have to agree that athletes are not heroes, no matter where they are born so it is a mute point you are making.
Some people need religion to feel good. Some need sports. Leave them be. I don't believe in God but you don't see me in a religious forum talking smack about JC and his unkempt beard.
You want to promote a true dominican heroe? How about Antonio Guzman Fernandez? Why is he a hero? Because near the end of his term he took a gun a blew his sorry head off. That's self criticism!!
Well it seems that you do!
Disgusted more like it.
I care about the DR and one thing the DR needs is role models. What kind of Role model are you giving the kids of the DR?
Sure kids. Work hard. Dedicate yourself and you to will be rewarded by having a place on your National Team being taken by a extranjero!!!
U are whatever u see urself as. I live in the United States and have become a citizen of the United States. I am american. But i am also domincan. And as much as i want the US to kick ass in the olympics. in the 400m hurdels and every other event with a Dominican i will cheer for my dominican brothers and sisters.
Get well soon felix. Bring the dominican people both in the island and away some pride
....and AnthonyC, I understand your point of view. I'm 100% Dominican and I'm also very grateful with the United States for giving me an opportunity to make something out of myself. I have to say that the Dominican people are very into sports, which I think is great. I think that people like you do not realize that the only time through out history where the whole world comes together is at the Olympics, and I have never seen the whole world come together to write a book. Sports is where every nation in the world put differences aside and compete against each other without killing themselves.... and I rather see competitions in sports than WARS.