Video of Kenenisa Bekele getting trampled at the start of 2017 Dubai Marathon

We also have good news in that Bekele has issued a statement where calls his injury "cramps".

https://twitter.com/GlobalSportsCom/status/822371465802588160

Terrible!

I saw Mary Slaney fall at the start of the Peachtree 10K back in the early 80's. She had been one of the favorites that year and after she fell was not a factor in the race.

goooggaaa wrote:

So you deleted my post and the thread where the video was first posted?

You are incredible, Robert...

Last night, I read the thread you are referencing but had no idea it had a link to a story that had the tweet in it as the title was poor as was the first post. It would have been much easier to just include the tweet and a more descriptive title. I wasn't aware video existed until I woke up this morning.

When I realized video existed, I started this thread. I deleted the other thread as we don't need multiple threads on the same topic.

rojo wrote:

We also have good news in that Bekele has issued a statement where calls his injury "cramps".

https://twitter.com/GlobalSportsCom/status/822371465802588160

That is terrible...especially since he was their "star" participant going for the WR. Looks like he was down for a while

We need frame by frame analysis, as was done on the Zapruder film. This could have been a Tonya Harding type take down at the start. I am 95% kidding.

Crazy that the entire race was set up for the guy who got trampled.Harkens back to Kamworor at Cardiffhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf3f9UnoiW8

Hobby_Jogger_999 wrote:

We need frame by frame analysis, as was done on the Zapruder film. This could have been a Tonya Harding type take down at the start. I am 95% kidding.

rojo wrote:

goooggaaa wrote:

So you deleted my post and the thread where the video was first posted?

You are incredible, Robert...

Last night, I read the thread you are referencing but had no idea it had a link to a story that had the tweet in it as the title was poor as was the first post. It would have been much easier to just include the tweet and a more descriptive title. I wasn't aware video existed until I woke up this morning.

When I realized video existed, I started this thread. I deleted the other thread as we don't need multiple threads on the same topic.

Hey rojo

earlier today I created a thread to discuss whether Bekele faked an injury or not. It was deleted. It was not an ill-motivated thread. I am having a hard time believing that was an injury. Not sure why you deleted, it was harmless.

Damn i vaguely saw a person get knocked over but i didnt realize it was bekele thats awful. Was he ever actually in the lead group then or was he chasin from behind the whole way?

You know, the brojos can't take even the lowest dose of cynicism, which is politically incorrect.

rojo wrote:

Watch it for yourself here. Some great footage from one of the people with the sub-2 hour project.

It looks like he was starting not in the front row and then got totally trampled.

https://twitter.com/Sub2hrs/status/822330267549384704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

I was watching before the start and saw Bekele standing in the second row, just right of center. To me he looked nervous. Everybody seemed to be thinking of something different, not focused on any directions they were being given. They just looked like they were awaiting starting instructions. Then all the sudden the starting horn went off. I don't think anybody was really ready for that.

Aww he's still smiling in that photo even though he had an awful fall. Hopefully on the brightside he can get in even better shape for April than he was for Dubai.

Damn, kind of a fan of Bekele now. Hope he comes back with a vengeance and rips a fast one. Would be great to come back after all these years and take the throne again. Farah is a bit overrated tbh.

I assume they paid him a ton of money to show up and attempt this WR. Why would he be in that position? Water under the bridge I guess, but I'd expect to see the super-elites starting in a separate corral or something from now on.

rojo wrote:

goooggaaa wrote:

So you deleted my post and the thread where the video was first posted?

You are incredible, Robert...

Last night, I read the thread you are referencing but had no idea it had a link to a story that had the tweet in it as the title was poor as was the first post. It would have been much easier to just include the tweet and a more descriptive title. I wasn't aware video existed until I woke up this morning.

When I realized video existed, I started this thread. I deleted the other thread as we don't need multiple threads on the same topic.

Reading comprehension-F

Thread deletion skill-A+

Taking story credit-A

Grammar-C-

Please.

When the guy raises the horn, every runner in the first two rows turns and looks at it.

Then the boom sounds and the guy blows the horn.

Bekele trying to be cheeky and tuck in behind pacers .....?

St st stupid.

Rocky Mtn Master wrote:

Please.

When the guy raises the horn, every runner in the first two rows turns and looks at it.

Then the boom sounds and the guy blows the horn.

Bekele trying to be cheeky and tuck in behind pacers .....?

St st stupid.

Was it the boom or the horn they needed to wait for. Horn came after. It was a race start clusterf*ck.

Each special snowflake should have their own starting corral like the horses and greyhounds have.

rojo wrote:

Watch it for yourself here. Some great footage from one of the people with the sub-2 hour project.

It looks like he was starting not in the front row and then got totally trampled.

https://twitter.com/Sub2hrs/status/822330267549384704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Seriously scary. He could have died.

Absolutely insane elites do not have a wider, separate start line.

Chasing the rabbit........ wrote:

Each special snowflake should have their own starting corral like the horses and greyhounds have.

You means all of those 3rd row and back snowflakes who ran to sprint to the front and quickly fell of the pace because they couldn't keep up for more than a km or so.