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Too bad, he looked really good in the semi and was in medal contention http://thestar.com.my/sports/olympics/story.aspx?file=/2012/8/6/olympics/2012-08-06T124248Z_1_BRE8750L6_RTROPTT_0_UK-OLY-ATHL-ATM800-R1-DAY10-MAKHLOUFI&sec=Olympics&nc=1 |
| Koneko |
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oh wow holy crap... wonder why he couldn't just DNS. He was "forced" to line up? Damn. None of this would have happened if the London schedule was actually DONE PROPERLY. Overlapping 1500 and 800? What a disaster, have these organizers ever watched another track meet? |
| SkeptiKAL |
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I he gets thrown out, he won't be drug-tested ... if he DNSs and runs the 1,500, he'll get tested ... at least that's my theory ... |
| Sir Heiney |
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Oh, i'm sure he'll find a doctor to whip up a 'note' and get back in the 1500 final. |
| nothappenin |
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He will be allowed run. This is weird though. |
| SkeptiKAL |
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Isn't he out of the Games altogether? He can't run the 1,500 .... he's done ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19152117 |
| bingo jim |
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will anyone take his place? |
| Livestrong |
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Actually I am pretty sure his Olympics are OVER
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This story is also confirmed on the BBC. I hope no local doctor (why should it be a local doctor? - why does not the IAAF appoint independent doctors?) Anyway, if he is ill/injured, he should still be excluded from the 1500m, as he is injured - as the doctor's note would show. It would be inhumane to force him to run with an injury... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19152117 The text below is from the BBC Sport website: Algeria's Taoufik Makhloufi has been excluded from the Olympic Games for not trying in Monday morning's 800m heat. Makhloufi, who won Sunday's 1500m semi-final, was forced to race in the 800m after Algeria failed to withdraw him from it before Sunday's deadline. The 24-year-old completed barely 200m of his heat before quitting. The International Association of Athletics Federations said he had "not provided a bona fide effort" and would be "excluded from further events". Makhloufi lined up at the start of heat five but quickly fell behind the rest of the field and stopped running and wandered across the infield. "The Referee considered that he had not provided a bona fide effort and decided to exclude him from participation in all further events in the competition," read an IAAF statement. However, an IAAF spokesman explained that he could be reinstated for Tuesday's 1,500m final if he could get a medical certificate from a local doctor. Makhloufi had been touted as a medal contender in the 1500m after sprinting past Olympic and world champion Asbel Kiprop in Sunday's semi-final to record a time of three minutes, 42.24 seconds. His exclusion follows the disqualification of eight badminton players from the women's doubles competition who were accused of "not using one's best efforts to win". |
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Why are you so sure? His doctor says he has an injury and he's back in. Simples. Of course he's faking it but it would be dumb to throw him out of the Olympics because he left it too late to withdraw from the 800m. Although I don't know why they couldn't say he was injured before the race instead of dropping out. Probably a case of the rule book taking the place of common sense. |
| Livestrong |
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It can't be his team doctor. It has to be some random "local" doctor. It is his own fault. He could have finished the 800m race and not have expended any more energy then he did. Instead he wasted energy in the 1500 and then acted like a loser in the 800
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| SkeptiKAL |
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He's going to have a tough time convincing the IOC he was injured: he was poppoin' his jersey at the start line and milking the cameras and the crowd ... I'm convinced he DNFed to avoid a drugs test ... |
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Story here with photos: http://www.letsrun.com/2012/taoufik-0806.php He had to start once his entry was confirmed yesterday at noon. It's an IAAF rule. Now he needs a local doctor to say he was injured. |
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Why would he DNF his 800 heat to avoid a drug test? He's in the 1500 (or at least was), surely to avoid a drug test he would have to DNF that one. |
| Ybhbhihnihn |
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Can the doctor just state that he was overly "fatigued"? Does he have to be injured? Anyway, all athletes of that level are sporting an injury of some type. It's easy to say that the 800 would have aggravated it. Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but I am not 100% convinced that he is a drug cheat. If he was, then an 800 would not phase him (remember Ramzi)... Maybe he is not a drug cheat... |
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Shouldn't he have been disqualified in the semi-finals of the 1500m anyway? He stepped of the track TWICE trying to get around runners on the inside. This was blatantly trying to get an advantage by stepping off the track and then back on. I don't know the rules that well, but it certainly looked odd. |
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Wasn't he going to run in the 1500 finals? Why would he be worried about drug tests now if still planning to run the 1500? He obviously didn't want to expend the energy of running the 800 to save himself for the 1500. These little petty rules are out of control. |
| Jeilaan |
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IAAF, If you are at it, what about Nick Willis DQ for unfairplay tactics |
| SkeptiKAL |
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Again, just a theory ... but if he DNFs in the 800, at least he can claim the "it was a stupid rule" defence and we might accept that and believe that he's clean ... ... if he DNFs in the 1,500, then there's little doubt at all that he was trying to avoid the testers and we'd be convinced that he's dirty ... seems as if he was left with the worst of two options ... |
| Jeff Wigand |
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It's to discourage people for taking spots in rounds and not doing anything with them, while other people would actually like to be in the event and compete. |