Bubbadeeboo wrote:
The Scot wrote:I assume its rule 142 but the wording is a bit vague:
"Failure to Participate
(c) an athlete failed to compete honestly with bona fide effort. The
relevant Referee will decide on this and the corresponding
reference must be made in the official results.
Note: The situation foreseen in Rule 142.4(c) will not apply to
individual"
How could this be considered a bona fide effort?
All she has to do is run a 2:20 so she doesn't look like a whiney baby.
In her defence, although she tried to argue at the time of the jump, she never complained about the decision. The fact that she was gutted about it is natural, but she didn't blame anyone or whine about it. She accepted that she no-jumped.
The running of 800m as she did was probably something she was told to do anyway.