Read the link in post #5. It is no longer illegal to step on the line ONCE. A second step on the line, whether it is in the same race or not, will result in a DQ. The Yellow "L" indicates she received a Yellow Card Warning for stepping on the line (annotated in the results). If she steps on it again in the 200m final, a DQ will result.
"but shall result in disqualification if they are repeated by the same athlete or within the same relay team at any time during the rounds of the same event."
thank you for pointing this out
how long has this been a rule? haven't given it much thought, but seems a little strange.
if it's giving someone a material advantage, why would they be allowed to do it once at all? if it's not giving someone a material advantage, why would they be DQd the second time it happened?
These things are always a trade off. There's always gonna be a balance between a fair race, and a race that DQs too many athletes for things that aren't giving them a substantial advantage. They don't want to DQ people for minor errors or make people hold back in the race, but they don't want people making a practice of it.
On a practical level, one step on the line isn't gonna do anything to help Sha'Carri or threaten her competitors, while two steps, or habitually stepping on the line, possibly could give her an advantage. They want a fair race without punishing people with small yips.
It's a fallacy that some perfect objective standard could make a race perfectly fair.
The fact that they changed the rules is evidence that the cry babies have won. There was nothing wrong with the previous regulations - actually, they made perfect sense. Step out of your lane = DQ. Now they have changed the rules so that the current generation Z snowflake athletes don't become "victimized" by rules which all former athletes followed and respected for decades. Absolute sh*t leadership here.
Why make note if it not a DQ? Why is it brought up if it is legal?
Read the link in post #5. It is no longer illegal to step on the line ONCE. A second step on the line, whether it is in the same race or not, will result in a DQ. The Yellow "L" indicates she received a Yellow Card Warning for stepping on the line (annotated in the results). If she steps on it again in the 200m final, a DQ will result.
"but shall result in disqualification if they are repeated by the same athlete or within the same relay team at any time during the rounds of the same event."
This is the dumbest rule I have ever heard of.
Races are independent of each other. Why stop at one meet, maybe have the scarlet (yellow) letter follow you around until your 2nd line-stepping-on? Joke.
Also, at least the results could specify what the L-of-Shame meant. I had to rely on this helpful thread as did most I assume.
how long has this been a rule? haven't given it much thought, but seems a little strange.
if it's giving someone a material advantage, why would they be allowed to do it once at all? if it's not giving someone a material advantage, why would they be DQd the second time it happened?
These things are always a trade off. There's always gonna be a balance between a fair race, and a race that DQs too many athletes for things that aren't giving them a substantial advantage. They don't want to DQ people for minor errors or make people hold back in the race, but they don't want people making a practice of it.
On a practical level, one step on the line isn't gonna do anything to help Sha'Carri or threaten her competitors, while two steps, or habitually stepping on the line, possibly could give her an advantage. They want a fair race without punishing people with small yips.
It's a fallacy that some perfect objective standard could make a race perfectly fair.
I like this reasoning. Ultimately track and field is entertainment and people want to see the best athletes in the world compete against each other. I don’t think the sport would benefit from extremely rigid rules that would ultimately benefit no one.
The DQd athlete won’t be able to race, the fans won’t get to see the athletes they’re excited about and paying to see race, and the other competitors probably would prefer to beat the best than have a theoretical asterisk next to their win because they won (but not against the best).
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