bobby s
Should Sanya Richards-Ross be DQ? She was all over the line in the 200. 7/1/2012 6:40PM Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Should Sanya Richards-Ross be DQ? She was all over the line in the 200.

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MrsProper
RE: Should Sanya Richards-Ross be DQ? She was all over the line in the 200. 7/1/2012 6:47PM - in reply to bobby s Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
if she would have been on the line in the bend then she would have gotten DQ, she didn't harm anyone by steeping on the line there!
jive talkin
RE: Should Sanya Richards-Ross be DQ? She was all over the line in the 200. 7/1/2012 6:47PM - in reply to bobby s Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
yes.

will they.

no.

track and field is beyond corrupt, pure vileness.
track official 88
RE: Should Sanya Richards-Ross be DQ? She was all over the line in the 200. 7/1/2012 6:49PM - in reply to jive talkin Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Blatant DQ.
Kimberlyn Duncan should protest, she is rightfully on the team.
leaping lanny
RE: Should Sanya Richards-Ross be DQ? She was all over the line in the 200. 7/1/2012 6:51PM - in reply to bobby s Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Maybe if she wasn't a Nike-sponsored athlete.
IAAF Lane Violation Rule
RE: Should Sanya Richards-Ross be DQ? She was all over the line in the 200. 7/1/2012 7:10PM - in reply to bobby s Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Richards-Ross didn't have to be disqualified. According to IAAF rule 163.4.b (or however it's supposed to be written, and assuming the trials were subject to IAAF rules), "[a]n athlete shall not be disqualified if he...runs outside his lane in the straight or outside the outer line of his lane on the bend, with no material advantage thereby being gained and no other athlete being obstructed."

So absent any evidence that Richards-Ross obstructed another runner as she drifted to the outside lane, it appears that she should not be disqualified.
ewrqweadsf
RE: Should Sanya Richards-Ross be DQ? She was all over the line in the 200. 7/1/2012 7:12PM - in reply to bobby s Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
She drifted OUTSIDE of her lane and didn't impede anyone. It'd be much different if she was all over the line on the inside on the curve, or if she elbowed someone next to her.
LaTanya
RE: Should Sanya Richards-Ross be DQ? She was all over the line in the 200. 7/1/2012 7:33PM - in reply to ewrqweadsf Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
When Wallace was DQ'd in Beijing did he step on the outer line or inner?
fly a kite
RE: Should Sanya Richards-Ross be DQ? She was all over the line in the 200. 7/1/2012 7:34PM - in reply to ewrqweadsf Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
what a stupid thread - she was on the outside. OP, please don't ever become an official in T&F. No infraction here, just a moronic poster.
roflcopter3
RE: Should Sanya Richards-Ross be DQ? She was all over the line in the 200. 7/1/2012 8:57PM - in reply to fly a kite Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
spearmon stepped on the inside...I don't understand how anyone could be confused on this. As the rule quoted above says, you only get dqed for being out of your lane if you are too far inside on a curve or you interfere with someone else. its common sense.
Duhhhhh
RE: Should Sanya Richards-Ross be DQ? She was all over the line in the 200. 7/1/2012 9:19PM - in reply to bobby s Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
No advantage gained when you run on the OUTSIDE of the line on the STRAIGHTAWAY
luv2run
RE: Should Sanya Richards-Ross be DQ? She was all over the line in the 200. 7/1/2012 11:25PM - in reply to LaTanya Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

LaTanya wrote:

When Wallace was DQ'd in Beijing did he step on the outer line or inner?


Inner
You are an idiot
RE: Should Sanya Richards-Ross be DQ? She was all over the line in the 200. 7/2/2012 9:10AM - in reply to luv2run Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
On the straight, you can theoretically slalom from lane 1 to 8 and back, and if you aren't impeding someone, you don't HAVE to get DQ'd. The straight is completely different than the turn. Take your Nike conspiracy hard on to the bathroom and deal with it.
Dr. Know
RE: Should Sanya Richards-Ross be DQ? She was all over the line in the 200. 7/2/2012 9:22AM - in reply to You are an idiot Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
So one could draft behind a competitor in the straightaway. (No advantage to drafting in an outer lane on the turn.)
stick with eharmony
RE: Should Sanya Richards-Ross be DQ? She was all over the line in the 200. 7/2/2012 9:51AM - in reply to Dr. Know Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
She should be be DQ'd for the stupid commercial she's in that keeps on being shown over and over.