Another Boston Cheat

This not insignificant. It will qualify him for next year's race, which takes a bib from somebody who actually did finish a marathon.

carried over wrote:

Guy passes out 100 yards from the finished and gets dragged across the line by other runners. This is an obvious DQ.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/specials/boston-marathon/2016/04/19/here-full-story-runner-being-carried-across-finish-line/CcqnI6fPxFOtvz1Usw1HzL/story.html

Everyone is celebrating the two guys who helped Ari Ofsevit over the finish line at Boston. Sure, nice story. But you have to finish the race yourself or it doesn't count.

I'd like the BAA to define precisely what the appropriate distance is from which one can get carried across the line and it's still an official finish.

Another guy passed out at 24 and spent 4 hours in the med tent. He finished in 7:22, but he did so under his own power. Maybe his finish shouldn't have been official because he got IV's. But I'll take that effort over this one.

I don't think 7:22 is under the official finish time limit.

He isn't a cheater if he was unconscious when the other runners picked him up.

I agree that something like this shouldn't be an official finish, but that is up to the race to enforce. I'm guessing that they don't bother to scrub the results too hard once hey get past the top couple dozen finishers.

Reminds me of this story:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorando_Pietri

He was DQ'ed and the American, Johnny Hayes, was declared the winner.

Dude, lighten up. It was a simple act of human compassion. A guy passes out on the pavement with a body temp of 108 and you're worried about his BQ? Seriously?

sayer of dude wrote:

Dude, lighten up. It was a simple act of human compassion. A guy passes out on the pavement with a body temp of 108 and you're worried about his BQ? Seriously?

If his temp was 108, he was at serious risk of brain damage. It would have been compassionate to get him medical attention as quickly as possible, not to drag him across the finish line. Leave him there and get help. Don't pull him into some stupid stunt.

The 7:22 counted. They cut it off 6 hours after the last person leaves Hopkinton. He was the 5th to last official finisher.

I readily admit that I am an a-hole. I sought several opinions from people on this and they concur that I'm a dick for making this point.

But really, he didn't finish so he's taking a bib from someone who did.

This is good trolling.

Bring Back the 880 wrote:

He isn't a cheater if he was unconscious when the other runners picked him up.

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This is a good point. He says he doesn't remember crossing the line. I'd label him a cheat if he uses this time to register for next year.

I saw this on my facebook feed but was too much of a coward to call out that he should have been DQ. That's the first thing I thought of.

I think we can all agree that this guy didn't finish the race. How would you react if it were a 400 race and he got picked up and carried on the back of some fast guy for the last 50 meters?

I mean, the guy doesn't get faulted. He worked his butt off and competed until he collapsed. Pure guts. Awesome guy. But he didn't finish.

AlsoinMI wrote:

This is good trolling.

Thanks. It's new to me. Everyone else was doing it, thought I'd give it a whirl.

sayer of dude wrote:

Dude, lighten up. It was a simple act of human compassion. A guy passes out on the pavement with a body temp of 108 and you're worried about his BQ? Seriously?

Of course, dude! There's an urgent, unspecified need to keep the sport "pure." Hobby joggers ruin everything with their medical emergencies and whatnot.

We have a self-proclaimed dick of the day winner! Rare but refreshing.

carried over wrote:

I readily admit that I am an a-hole. I sought several opinions from people on this and they concur that I'm a dick for making this point.

But really, he didn't finish so he's taking a bib from someone who did.

carried over wrote:

Guy passes out 100 yards from the finished and gets dragged across the line by other runners. This is an obvious DQ.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/specials/boston-marathon/2016/04/19/here-full-story-runner-being-carried-across-finish-line/CcqnI6fPxFOtvz1Usw1HzL/story.html

Everyone is celebrating the two guys who helped Ari Ofsevit over the finish line at Boston. Sure, nice story. But you have to finish the race yourself or it doesn't count.

I'd like the BAA to define precisely what the appropriate distance is from which one can get carried across the line and it's still an official finish.

Another guy passed out at 24 and spent 4 hours in the med tent. He finished in 7:22, but he did so under his own power. Maybe his finish shouldn't have been official because he got IV's. But I'll take that effort over this one.

RZwarich rules the comment section of article

Not as bad as this DQ.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXTrCiAk0Yk

leave him and get help wrote:

sayer of dude wrote:

Dude, lighten up. It was a simple act of human compassion. A guy passes out on the pavement with a body temp of 108 and you're worried about his BQ? Seriously?

If his temp was 108, he was at serious risk of brain damage. It would have been compassionate to get him medical attention as quickly as possible, not to drag him across the finish line. Leave him there and get help. Don't pull him into some stupid stunt.

Yes, those those two runners should'very thought, Quick, let me grab my thermometer out of my fanny pack that I carry for such occassions, ram it up his rectum, check his temperature, and then decide what to do with him.

You do realize that according to the article he fell 100 yards from the finish. Closest medical personnel would be straight ahead across the finish line. It's not like they just dropped him at the finish line and said, Whew, glad he got his BQ.

Mcacala14 wrote:

RZwarich rules the comment section of article

"Thank you, good citizen..." That guy should be a diplomat.