He most definitely get robbed. That was an epic throw. I'm watching the Canadian broadcast and they were even stunned by that "foul".
He most definitely get robbed. That was an epic throw. I'm watching the Canadian broadcast and they were even stunned by that "foul".
In the replay you can see his foot graze the toe board mid-spin. Too bad.
Yes, his left foot slightly grazed the top of the toe board. Very unfortunate to miss gold in that fashion.
bolt is in trouble wrote:
In the last round Kovaks was the only one who could deny Kovaks, he unleashed a monster throw over 22 meters, but before it could be measured the red flag was raised. They showed a replay of his feet, and he did not foul. The judge made it up. He knew he did nothing wrong too, you could hear him yell "oh f*ck off"
You didn't watch the replay very carefully. He very clearly touched the top of the toe-board.
he spun too close to the sun.
Mens shot put official results have still not been released...
I took a screen of the fault frame at home. Can post later if anyone still doubts in a couple hours. Impressive official to catch that in my opinion.
So I am not very familiar with shot put and its rules, and on Kovacs' last throw, a throw which would have put him in the gold medal position, the red flag was raised. I watched the slowmo replay of the throw multiple times and didn't see anything that looked like it would constitute the red flag. Could someone who is a bit more knowledgeable on shot put explain what the foul was for and if it was the right or wrong call? Thanks!
The Kiwis, Aussies and others still demonstrated deference to the crown. They know the yanks would spit in the Queen's face rather than bow down. That's why Kovac was called for it. Walsh likely did it several times but was never called due to being a Kiwi. No flags, hence no replays to show the crooked limey judges trying to help a Commonwealth jock.
as his left foot came down it scraped the top of the toeboard.
He clearly fouled and touched the top of the toe board with his foot.
It's the equivalent of landing an inch outside the line but still a foul.
After he was able to see the replay, he knew he was wrong. Looks like he was apologizing to officials.
Pondo wrote:
In the replay you can see his foot graze the toe board mid-spin. Too bad.
This is correct, he did graze the top. Rules are rules. Though Mo did also step out.
Mo was pushed and you can take one step out without penalty.
He hit the top. If it was legal. It would have been 73-2.5
trowtrow wrote:
as his left foot came down it scraped the top of the toeboard.
Pic here:
https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom/status/894299438503665665Too bad for him. Reminds me of Lawson's elbow touching sand on jump that would have won gold in Rio.
Exthrower and others who claim they "clearly" saw a foul are lying. Hopeless cucks or they deign to the crown and feel they have to support Commonwealth athletes as others joked about.
Other throwers did the same thing and no fouls were called. This was in a critical moment and the judge was ready to do all he could to help a fellow member of the Commonwealth hold on for a win.
That and Ryan Crouser was a bit off. When he's on none of the other guys have much chance of beating him.
Star wrote:
Mo was pushed and you can take one step out without penalty.
You are wrong. You cannot take one step out without penalty. One step out is a DQ.