healing hands wrote:
Blanka gets the bronze!
Still as hot as ever...
Agreed. She's a type of hot that you don't see very often.
healing hands wrote:
Blanka gets the bronze!
Still as hot as ever...
Agreed. She's a type of hot that you don't see very often.
Total joke. DQ all those runners in the 5000, yet allow that farce in the W800. IAAF sucks.
Lagat finishes 6th but ends up w/ bronze. What the hell is up with all the DQs
Not DQ'ed for the shove, DQ'ed for stepping inside the track. Utter nonsense
ChelimoFanClub wrote:
I really don't get those DQs. Has anyone seen a good replay?
I re-watched it. Chelimo was handing out shoves, slowing down, cutting people off on that last lap.
Edris threw out a couple shoves, but nothing as bad as Chelimo.
I am perplexed by the Mo Ahmed DQ, he was the victim of much of the shoving.
Overall, I think Chelimo was the only guy that warranted a DQ, The rest seem to be the officials being overly detailed bureaucrats.
These Olympic officials rule in favor of anyone who protests. No balls.
norphxc wrote:
No, mo was keeping the ethiopian from cutting him off. He was trying to come down to the rail and was not clear of mo.
BS, I've watched the replay several times and he arm barred him, should've been a DQ.
Really NBC wrote:
NBC is such D!cks. They are the first to break the news to Chelimo and he looks totally shocked
I was about to say that. Terrible etiquette for NBC to tell him that ON AIR. Do it right before cutting to him. Jerks
it is a farce!
This is seriously the worst sport on earth if they disqualify Chelimo. These are grown men running a race, of course there will be a little shoving. Let the boys play for crying out loud. This has been the worst officiated track Olympics ever.
Looks like they were all banned from stepping on the inside.
Morons if that's the case.
some of the dqs are for stepping off track
Why not DQ the whole 1500 field is a bit of pushing is all it takes.
I'm normally in love with the NBC online app but other than mentioning the Chelimo DQ, they have shown no replays of the suspect activity.
These DQs are dumb as shit!!!!!!!!!!!! What ever happened to incidental contact?????
I didn't think it was a problem watching the race as it occurred. However, the replay definitely shows him changing his line and affecting the two guys on his outside. Just because guys are trying to box you in doesn't give license to push your way out of it.
That being said, I think the officials have gone overboard on dqs.
This is just the fallout of the stupid DQ in the steeple. Maybe they want to have officiating controversies. That's why football is popular, right?
3 people DQ'ed! What a joke. Short of punching someone or jumping the curb, there should be no DQs in a distance race.
Honestly don't understand why anyone other than Chelimo were DQed.
It's important to remember that rule 163.3 b refers to a lane violation and nothing to do with contact.