T-Gay doesn't high-five the giant squirrel; where's the outrage??

Don't be gay

Roid rage? hahaha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouzQ26oEhzE

In fact, the video shows that the mascot offer the high-five just when Gay whas offering his high-five to Asafa. Later he totally ignored the mascot.

Tyson Gay is very awkward and bearish.

Mascots not always are funny, bot for many kids it's entertaining...and even for many adult people on the crowd.

I remembered that bear called Berlino in 2009 WC's!!it was funny for a moment!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG66G4Jj0eE

damn mascot is lucky T-Gay didn't level him .

Mascots are lame. If I was T-Gay, I'd get behind that mascot and bum-hump his stupid a$$!

T-Gay is a really nice guy, but he's awkward as hell.

He probably couldn't throw a baseball or shoot a basketball very well.

But whatever it is that makes him awkward is probably what makes him fast. Very fast.

I support T-Gay and his absolute focus but I was hoping for one right-cross to bring an end to mascots doing what they do. Dance on the stands and with fans and trip over hurdles all you want.

I don´t understand why so much hate towards mascots.

That squirrel only wanted to congratulate Tyson after the race!!

Even more, What do you think about the flower girls? is it bad for the sport too?

And then, we got people complaining about empty seats in this sport.

I wish I could be a mascot at T&F meets.

That would be a sweet gig. Plus I could bust out some funky chicken dance moves.

Why the hate? 1. Field-level vantages of top-tier athletic competition 2. Near-direct access to elites 3. More air-time than the women's steeple.Now I'm going to ask you: why the love?T-Gay is a stone cold trucker. I hope Moscow is his meet.

Ben L Wrong wrote:

I don´t understand why so much hate towards mascots.

That squirrel only wanted to congratulate Tyson after the race!!

Even more, What do you think about the flower girls? is it bad for the sport too?

And then, we got people complaining about empty seats in this sport.

I don't love mascots...but why ban the mascots and, at the same time, allow people like Jos Hermens or Mark Block in the tracks?

A mascot don´t encourage doping. only congratulates the runners and give some fun to the kids in the stands.

But hey! Ban the mascots but allow Salazar to give splits to his pupil Galen Rupp inside the track (prohibited by IAAF)

Put saladbar in a mascot outfit = problem solved.

What mascot-animal would ol'Sal be? Someone start a thread on this (I've been banned from starting new ones :( )

The name of the mascot is "cooly", he's a cow and the official mascot of the next European Championships (Zurich 2014)

http://www.european-athletics.org/zurich-2014-news/11560-zuerich-2014-mascot-cooly-goes-on-tour.html

Here, with the likes of Jason Richardson, David Oliver and Kelly Wells.

https://twitter.com/laynefour/status/352889261470654464/photo/1

https://twitter.com/elisee_nicole/status/352149696732606465/photo/1

krispy kremlin wrote:

Put saladbar in a mascot outfit = problem solved.

What mascot-animal would ol'Sal be? Someone start a thread on this (I've been banned from starting new ones :( )

Giving his latin heritage, I think Alberto could wear a "Bumblebee man" outfit.

Isn't "cooly" an offensive term for Asians and Indians? I do not approve of this cow's name.

Tyson's face when he sees the squirrel though is priceless

+1 1:34 into the race video.

Mrr82 wrote:

Tyson's face when he sees the squirrel though is priceless

What's with people always throwing flowers at track athletes, especially male ones?

That's a thing that needs to stop. They don't want no freakin' flowers!

Ben L Wrong wrote:

I don't love mascots...but why ban the mascots and, at the same time, allow people like Jos Hermens or Mark Block in the tracks?

A mascot don´t encourage doping. only congratulates the runners and give some fun to the kids in the stands.

But hey! Ban the mascots but allow Salazar to give splits to his pupil Galen Rupp inside the track (prohibited by IAAF)

I'm also sick of Dope Hermens being allowed on any track ever, so that's not really a good argument.