Athing should be DQd

Agreed, DQ.

Big Red wrote:

Funny how only athletes of African descent are being called out for DQs on these message boardss.

Grow up people. Hate and racism are dead ends.

Love is the answer, not hate.

No, she is an "American Girl"

Nia Akens didn't want to hear that mess about the waiting being the hardest part but Athing Mu didn't want to be freefallin' so Mu told Akens don't come around here no more.

Les wrote:

I hate to say it but women have some kind of problem with the merge that the men don't. Women's 800 - athlete falls on the merge. Women's 1500 - near fall on the merge. It's like the women feel they have to merge as soon as possible, leading to falls. In the Men's 1500, the guys took nearly the entire backstretch to merge and nobody got clipped or pushed.

Lol how quickly you forget the 1500m race that broke out during a wrestling match between Moh Ahmed and Eric Avila.

Hannah Green is white right?

Big Red wrote:

Funny how only athletes of African descent are being called out for DQs on these message boardss.

Grow up people. Hate and racism are dead ends.

Love is the answer, not hate.

Akins is black too.

Big Red wrote:

Funny how only athletes of African descent are being called out for DQs on these message boardss.

Grow up people. Hate and racism are dead ends.

Love is the answer, not hate.

you are kidding right?

She cut in a bit close but Akins slowed to allow it. Then Wilson comes up on Akins' right and Akins seems to move to the right a bit on the head-on view, causing Akins to fall. This was certainly not caused by Mu. Now, Chelimo's case is a whole different issue. He impeded Fisher and Kincaid (who by the way have never done anything even close to what they, being good sports, claimed that they would do in the same circumstances) all the way over to lane four from lane one. He should have been dq'd. Centro, by contrast, could have impeded Hocker by shading over into lane two but he didn't because he is the kind of fierce competitor who wants to prove that he is the best. Of course, that would have been more obvious because he was coming through at a markedly higher speed than Centro, whereas Kincaid and Fisher were not closing as quickly on Chelimo. But Mu was not guilty of impedance at all.

ReallybroReally wrote:

Big Red wrote:

Funny how only athletes of African descent are being called out for DQs on these message boardss.

Grow up people. Hate and racism are dead ends.

Love is the answer, not hate.

No, she is an "American Girl"

She was an American girl...raced on promises....

Les wrote:

I hate to say it but women have some kind of problem with the merge that the men don't. Women's 800 - athlete falls on the merge. Women's 1500 - near fall on the merge. It's like the women feel they have to merge as soon as possible, leading to falls. In the Men's 1500, the guys took nearly the entire backstretch to merge and nobody got clipped or pushed.

Are you joking?

Just a few weeks ago there are a long thread on a similar screw-up in a pro men's 1500.

Try following the sport.

DownUndah wrote:

TomPettyLives wrote:

Nia Akins knows how it feels, and that’s exactly what she was doing until Mu came crashing in on her and chopped her stride and sent her Olympic dreams to the mondo.

LR Posters called it weeks ago. She’s inexperienced competing in the 800m at a world-class level and it shows. She didn’t have the space to cut in front of Akins. She hadn’t cleared her.

She’s an amazing talent and fun to watch- but she shouldn’t be going to Tokyo.

Mu runs a clear diagonal and is way infront of Akins thats Akins problem sorry get out harder or then if you are behind dont try and fight for space which isnt yours

Everyone runs a diagonal to the corner after 100 m. She's in front

Big Red wrote:

Funny how only athletes of African descent are being called out for DQs on these message boardss.

Grow up people. Hate and racism are dead ends.

Love is the answer, not hate.

This is so true.

Letsrun posters in general will predictably criticize the darkest-skinned athlete in a grey-area situation like this.

Four years ago it was Brenda Martinez and Alyssa Montano involved in a trip and fall in the 800 trials. (Montano clipped Martinez from behind with 150m to go, and then went down. As usually, there was much discussion about cutting in.) No prizes for guessing who most of the Letsrun hivemind blamed.

Anyone who says it's DQ has NEVER been in a sub 2:00 800 m race.

This is not your 2:08 sectional meet from high school.

People are MOVING and things happen fast. If you're in the back you can't assume all space is yours. Obvious to anyone who has run at the elite level (2:00 and under for men).

She had a clear 4-5 strides before contact. No DQ. Y’all haters.

yall dumb wrote:

She had a clear 4-5 strides before contact. No DQ. Y’all haters.

Ummmmm. No. She made Akins go hard left to try to avoid the contact but not even that was enough because Mu kept coming. She got away with it in Nike-Owned Eugene- she won’t in Tokyo.

Cute still frame bro. Watch the video again. ;)

NERunner0353 wrote:

There are ~a dozen threads gushing over Hocker. Mu runs 1:56 & nobody is excited. That wasn't a DQ. Feel for Nia but calm down OP.

I think we know why the posters here prefer Hocker. There’s a pattern…

This is Jim Kiler wrote:

Agreed, DQ.

Shows how much your crap opinion matters.

It is not that easy merging into a race and while Mu merged a bit quick, she could not see what was behind her. They could have called the race back but I do not even know if they would do that for one runner going down. Akins was the one who could see where most people were . I don't necessarily think women merge incorrectly or whatever the poster said comparing women and men. But generally, it seems like women like to run in a pack and sometimes close enough to have collisions.

However, high stress, nerves can lead to people making mistakes in racing. You are supposed to clear people (i.e. have enough distance away from them) before you cut in, otherwise there would be bodies flying all over. I wouldn't call a DQ. I would hope it does not happen again. I would have to look at the rule book to say anything definitively and study the tape. I find it difficult to believe she does not know how to gradually cut in given how many 800's she's run. Maybe chalk it up to nerves.