Cheruiyot Was Robbed at Oslo!

tyty wrote:

Armstronglivs wrote:

It shows desperation, not authority. Not the most glorious way to get to the top of the dais. It would be fitting if he dived off it.

Who said anything about authority? He won.

Armstronglivs wrote:

maybe it was staged? wrote:

Whether Jakob, dived, fell or lunged desperately at the line is irrelevant. His torso crossed the line first, so he is declared the winner.

It shows desperation, not authority. Not the most glorious way to get to the top of the dais. It would be fitting if he dived off it.

Armstronglivs wrote:

tyty wrote:

Who said anything about authority? He won.

I said it. It was clearly desperation. Not particularly convincing for a runner that his fans laud as the GOAT.

Armstronglivs wrote:

tyty wrote:

Who said anything about authority? He won.

I said it. It was clearly desperation. Not particularly convincing for a runner that his fans laud as the GOAT.

y\'all the ones who are desperate wrote:

Armstronglivs wrote:

I said it. It was clearly desperation. Not particularly convincing for a runner that his fans laud as the GOAT.

I was convinced. The thing convinced me was seeing the 1 next to his name.

People will seriously knock the guy for anything just bc they don't like him. Last week it was that he didn't kick and looked like he didn't care about the win. Now it's that he was too desperate at the finish. The mental gymnastics are wild.

tyty wrote:

Armstronglivs wrote:

I said it. It was clearly desperation. Not particularly convincing for a runner that his fans laud as the GOAT.

Like this runner won in desperation? Are you going to say it was also not particularly convincing for you, a fan who lauds him as the 800m GOAT?

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Armstronglivs wrote:

tyty wrote:

Like this runner won in desperation? Are you going to say it was also not particularly convincing for you, a fan who lauds him as the 800m GOAT?

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You are surely one of the most stupid posters on this site. You obviously never saw this race. Snell was boxed in into the home straight, a gap opened and he surged through the field and past Moens, who was leading, to win by a metre. It was a convincing victory. He didn't dive across the line to collapse on the track, trying to fend off another runner who was cutting him down - while his fans laud his largely nonexistent kick. You should just *** off and waste someone else's time.

Ruxton Towers XC wrote:

In speed skating it is the blade of the skate.

Swimming it is the hand on the wall, nothing else.

In football it is any part of the ball (even just the tip).

In running it is the chest. That is why people throw their chest forward in sprints (lean at the line!).

It is just the rule of our sport. It has to do with impossibility of judging the "most hind part of the runner's body crossing the line" since that would be obscured from the camera (or the judges) by the bodies of the other runners in close races. The first part of the runner (besides the hands), is the easiest thing to see. It literally hits the tape first.

Armstronglivs wrote:

y\'all the ones who are desperate wrote:

I was convinced. The thing convinced me was seeing the 1 next to his name.

People will seriously knock the guy for anything just bc they don't like him. Last week it was that he didn't kick and looked like he didn't care about the win. Now it's that he was too desperate at the finish. The mental gymnastics are wild.

You are apparently not one of those who says Jakob always wants to win dominantly. By the skin of his teeth doesn't quite fit that description.

Armstronglivs wrote:

tyty wrote:

Who said anything about authority? He won.

I said it. It was clearly desperation. Not particularly convincing for a runner that his fans laud as the GOAT.

Armstronglivs wrote:

tyty wrote:

Like this runner won in desperation? Are you going to say it was also not particularly convincing for you, a fan who lauds him as the 800m GOAT?

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You are surely one of the most stupid posters on this site. You obviously never saw this race. Snell was boxed in into the home straight, a gap opened and he surged through the field and past Moens, who was leading, to win by a metre. It was a convincing victory. He didn't dive across the line to collapse on the track, trying to fend off another runner who was cutting him down - while his fans laud his largely nonexistent kick. You should just *** off and waste someone else's time.

y\'all the ones who are desperate wrote:

Armstronglivs wrote:

I said it. It was clearly desperation. Not particularly convincing for a runner that his fans laud as the GOAT.

I was convinced. The thing convinced me was seeing the 1 next to his name.

People will seriously knock the guy for anything just bc they don't like him. Last week it was that he didn't kick and looked like he didn't care about the win. Now it's that he was too desperate at the finish. The mental gymnastics are wild.

Armstronglivs wrote:

You are apparently not one of those who says Jakob always wants to win dominantly. By the skin of his teeth doesn't quite fit that description.

Clifford Diffley wrote:

nice! in biking it is the front wheel, in CC skiing, the tip of the ski (hence, sprinting "throws" in both cases)

Armstronglivs wrote:

You are surely one of the most stupid posters on this site. You obviously never saw this race. Snell was boxed in into the home straight, a gap opened and he surged through the field and past Moens, who was leading, to win by a metre. It was a convincing victory. He didn't dive across the line to collapse on the track, trying to fend off another runner who was cutting him down - while his fans laud his largely nonexistent kick. You should just *** off and waste someone else's time.

LarsL11 wrote:

Ruxton Towers XC wrote:

You could make your point in a way that people would still disagree with but at least they'd hear you out and think about your opinion. Your style is not good at getting anyone to change their minds.

You could have written it this way:

I first read your version of his post and thought "yeah, that is some good points there". Then I read one sentence of the original and went back to the old "how horrible must your life be to make hating on Jakob Ingebrigtsen no matter what he does your main hobby? What an absolute maniac."