I'm not sure if I would call you a vulture or a hyena.
I'm not sure if I would call you a vulture or a hyena.
We just found this in the Australian papers talking about this year's Aussie nationals.http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/more-sports/steve-solomon-cruises-to-400m-win-at-commonwealth-games-trials/story-fnii0hmo-1226875626694
Scott Gillian wrote:
A twitter spat has added more spice to today’s 1500m final with Jeff Riseley disciplined over a tweet about his main rival Ryan Gregson.
Riseley referred to Bahrain’s disgraced drug cheat Rashid Ramzi when commenting on the winner of the Friday’s third heat which was Gregson.
He later told officials he was referring to Gregson’s finish where he ran off the track and crossed the line in lane six which was a trademark of Ramzi’s.
But given the national record holder has been sidelined for most of the past 12 months and hasn’t run a race all season, the Gregson camp read the tweet as referring to the dubious history of 2008 Olympic 1500m champion who was later stripped of his title.
The pair were training partners for a number of years as part of Nic Bideau’s stable before Riseley moved on after a disappointing performance at the London Olympics.
“I did see it and I was disappointed,” Bideau said. “I expected more from Jeff who I worked with at two Olympics.”
Pretty good stuff. Now Riseley deleted the tweet and later sent a text message to Gregson apologizing.
Does anyone know what he actually said in the tweet?
We'd love to know what exactly was tweeted. It seems if a guy finishes in lane six, that that's clearly what he's referring to - not drugs - but without having seen the tweet it's hard to know.
So after all of that what happened in the race? Well Riseley spanked Gregson.
1500m:
Final (06) -
1. Jeff Riseley 86 VIC 3:46.47
2. Ryan Gregson 90 NSW 3:48.01
3. Brenton Rowe 87 VIC 3:49.27
4. James Hansen 93 TAS 3:50.48
5. Tom Fawthorpe 90 VIC 3:52.00
6. Matt Russ 90 NZL 3:52.70
7. Adrian Plummer 91 NSW 3:53.18
8. Ryan Geard 92 VIC 3:53.30
9. Jack Stapleton 95 NSW 3:55.34
10. Ben Liddy 81 NSW 3:55.98
11. Joshua Tedesco 91 WA 4:00.56
DQ-- Joshua Wright 91 NSW Rule 163.2
Race video below.
For the record, they did shake hands.
Full Aussie national results here:
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=5728824The tweet read:
Jeff Riseley@ was that Rashid Ramzi in the third heat?
Collis Birmingham@Jeff Riseley strange tweet.
gregson actually ran of the track in lane 4 and continued running to the cooldown area.
Why is Rowe shoving Gregson at the finish?
the flash. wrote:
The tweet read:
Jeff Riseley@ was that Rashid Ramzi in the third heat?
Collis Birmingham@Jeff Riseley strange tweet.
gregson actually ran of the track in lane 4 and continued running to the cooldown area.
maybe he really had to go to the bathroom
the flash. wrote:
The tweet read:
Jeff Riseley@ was that Rashid Ramzi in the third heat?
Collis Birmingham@Jeff Riseley strange tweet.
gregson actually ran of the track in lane 4 and continued running to the cooldown area.
I've gotta side with Riseley on this one. So Gregson finishes in lane 4 and Riseley tweets that out? I call that funny.
I can't believe people think he was referencing drugs.
Now I'm assuming Ramzi was known for finishing out in lane 4. Did Ramzi do that like Kemboi does in the steeple? That was before I started paying attention (i'm in college)
DKCCC wrote:
the flash. wrote:The tweet read:
Jeff Riseley@ was that Rashid Ramzi in the third heat?
Collis Birmingham@Jeff Riseley strange tweet.
gregson actually ran of the track in lane 4 and continued running to the cooldown area.
maybe he really had to go to the bathroom
Maybe, but it's called the dunny or toilet in Australia.
A Girl Like You wrote:
Why is Rowe shoving Gregson at the finish?
Someone named Wright cut off Gregson to keep him from moving into second. W was DQ'd to give Gregson 2nd.
curiosityk wrote:
Someone named Wright cut off Gregson to keep him from moving into second. W was DQ'd to give Gregson 2nd.
Definitely a foul but it looked like all the Gregson camp did all weak was complain about stuff. First Riseley's tweet then Wright's foul.
That Riseley is a stud.. I see him as the next Kevin Sullivan, Nick Willis of the next 5yrs.
keoll wrote:
That Riseley is a stud.. I see him as the next Kevin Sullivan, Nick Willis of the next 5yrs.
You must not have been paying much attention to Aussie athletics over the past 5 years. Riseley has been around for a while, and nothing super impressive after his ~1 year hiatus. Dude is already 27 years old.
Ya really think he wasn't referring to drugs? Gregson is having a laugh - that guy getting spanked in a 3.46 race looking like a 3.46 runner is supposed to be the same guy who ran 3.31 a matter of seasons ago?
I'm sorry I just cant buy into that in any shape or form - injury, illness or not - if you are really this sh$t now just give up.