I hope the womens 1500m does not allow "flopping" to become mainstream in our sport

Burka's Ethiopian what did you expect?

She cried too, perfectly on cue, all the camera's looking at her. Perfect, 'wah I was pushed by a WHITE athlete, wah'.

F*** EPOpia.

Well let's not turn this into a race war I don't really care which nationality they are, the fact is I've seen a rising amount of this flopping behavior at the NCAA level as well and it's not sitting well with me. It coulds seriously do some damage to the sport if peopel keep faking falls to screw over other athletes.

More rubbish

lol!! and agree with you

Look on the bright side!

We, Track and Field, are joining in the theatrics of the two most popular sports in the world: soccer (football) and basketball. They learn how to exploit the fouls. It looks like even lowly distance races have gone mainstream! Wooooooohoooo! Money, money, money!

Truthiness wrote:

F*** EPOpia.

Roid rage FTW!

The fall had nothing to do with the DQ. She was DQ'ed for running for running on the wrong side of the rail.

Rodriguez deserved her gold medal... she was way better than the others on that day!

DK fan wrote:

Seriously, what a joke, the spaniard shouldn't have been DQ'd at all. She had a legit inside pass because the ethiopian was running way outside, then as she passed the etheopian tried to move inside and was the one initiating the contact. Then she just flops to the ground because she knows she lost anyway.

Give me a break... wow.

I sincerely hope this doesn't spark other people who are dying at the end of a race to pull a Manu Ginobili everytime just to screw over the better athlete.

You've never run a step in your life, have you?

Even at these last Worlds, not EVERY person who fell got advanced to the next round (Abubaker Kaki, for example, who was probably the "biggest" loss to a fall) so what kind of idiot would just fall on purpose and risk not being advanced?

how about wrote:

Even at these last Worlds, not EVERY person who fell got advanced to the next round (Abubaker Kaki, for example, who was probably the "biggest" loss to a fall) so what kind of idiot would just fall on purpose and risk not being advanced?

They would have advanced Kaki, but he DNF'ed. If he had jogged across the finish line, he would have been in the final.

DK fan wrote:

Seriously, what a joke, the spaniard shouldn't have been DQ'd at all. She had a legit inside pass because the ethiopian was running way outside, then as she passed the etheopian tried to move inside and was the one initiating the contact. Then she just flops to the ground because she knows she lost anyway.

Give me a break... wow.

I sincerely hope this doesn't spark other people who are dying at the end of a race to pull a Manu Ginobili everytime just to screw over the better athlete.

That doesn't make any sense. If the etho went down on purpose (flop), what did she have to gain? It got the spaniard dq'ed but didn't aid the etho at all. I'll agree that there may be some thoughts to flopping (or at the least, acting like you've been shot when you get tripped up) in qualifying rounds, but there's never a rational to flop in a final.

Perhaps the ethiopian is a fan of lebron james and thinks that if you flop you can get a foul called.

I believe that Spaniard timed her drug cycle perfectly and WAS the best one in the field on that day. However given the shove AND stepping running inside the track (ohh okay the drugs too) she does not get to win. Instead she deserved the Ethiopian coach to kick her in the mouse right as she hit the finish line. It's not roller derby. She might has well tie her competitors shoe laces together at the start line.

Why do I get the feeling that a couple of things will happen for the conquistador?

A) This will be the biggest (albeit non legit) running perfromance of her career.

B) She will have a positive result at some point.

I am so sick of the "floppers!" Remember the semis of women's 800m at 2008 Olympic Trials? Four women moved into the final! Crap! What a joke. And it just keeps keepin' on.