She veered suddenly, in the last 10m, when she knew she was being passed. And threw a wide elbow.
How this is legal I don’t know. That finish SUCKED. I would make the worst distance runner—I would run right over anyone who did that. So would every single sprinter I have ever known.
You can't just "run right over" someone who's going roughly the same speed as you, tough guy
Yeah you can. I would contact her wherever it happened as a result of her action, then trample her as she went down.
That was ridiculous. You guys think that’s fair? The race is 10,000m, not 9,980m and then cut people off. It’s first to 10,000m, not first to 9,980m or whatever.
It is unsportsmanlike and totally dishonorable. She should be ashamed, but I know some people lack the capacity to feel shame. At a minimum she should be DQ’d.
Four seconds off an American record. Tough room....
I get it the time is good. But Cranny’s near record had her running 7,000 meters solo and Schweizer if anything seems to be better at this point. It was set up well to run fast today and it was more Schweizer getting dropped than no medal.
What a freaking awesome race. So much talent up front and the entire front pack was fighting for the win. Replaying that bell lap for a fourth time now
That was a great 10K race. Plenty of tactics by the Ethiopian's working as a team. I'm not sure any change of the tactics could have prevented Gidey from winning today. A better prepared Siffan is on the podium. Karissa missed one or two moves to try to stay in the final homestretch kick. Wonder how her 5k will play out.
Four seconds off an American record. Tough room....
I get it the time is good. But Cranny’s near record had her running 7,000 meters solo and Schweizer if anything seems to be better at this point. It was set up well to run fast today and it was more Schweizer getting dropped than no medal.
Hardly surprising she got dropped at the end by women who have run a minute faster than the American record.
Few things for all the angry complainers to come to terms with so that you can enjoy these WC's...
1. NBC coverage sucks and will continue to suck. They do not care about T and F. Embrace it and move on.
2. Get Peacock+ and watch it all uninterrupted. Still weird coverage as some mentioned earlier, but it is better. I watched the 10k start to finish.
3. Stop complaining about having the distance races at weird times or of prime spots. The VAST majority of people are not interested in it.
4. An American (or any runner) that PRS out the wazoo and was not in contention did not have a bad or disappointing race. Karissa ran the #3 time EVER by a US woman but was not in serious contention. She raced smart and looked good, but is in a different class. If you can't celebrate someone at their best, you are going to be grouchy very often this WC's.
10,000: Coverage on French TV, France 4, was very frustrating because they showed the first two laps and then chose to focus on the hammer throw, because there was one French guy in the hammer, Bigot, until the 22 minute mark in the race so we missed completely what happened to McColgan. Can someone tell me what happened to her and where did she fade?
I get it, she is fast by the standards of Americans. She also has both the superspikes and the talent to run a 5,000 20 seconds faster than Molly could. I guess I expect more with how competitive Mo Ahmed is.