You have it exactly right. I was there at Fayetteville and watched Winter as he gave everything he had to come from way back to pass several runners during the final two laps. With a little over 100 meters to go, he was moved up to seventh place, but began to rig and slow considerably. Anyone who has competed knows the feeling when the bear is on your back...there is nothing you can do to speed up your race and you are at the mercy of your exhausted body. This was obvious as the two runners behind him (who he had passed a bit earlier), began to gain on him. The people we were sitting with said, "he is going to get caught, and there is nothing he can do about it" when he was at about the 70 meter point. At the wire, Winter collapsed, totally spent, so anyone who wants to accuse him of quitting has not experience as a runner, and is way off base. I give Winter credit for being in the position he was, having given his all to pass a number of runners before his legs quit on him.