That's why it was brilliant - it made no sense to do that and messed with everyone's heads, and threw them off their race plan.
At first I thought he just didn't want to be on the rail after running the bend in an inner lane.
That's why it was brilliant - it made no sense to do that and messed with everyone's heads, and threw them off their race plan.
At first I thought he just didn't want to be on the rail after running the bend in an inner lane.
Dutch Athletics Referee here, and yes, I can confirm that you cannot hit the top of the stop board; that is considered a foul. (Just like a track distance run, you have to stand behind the line, cannot touch it. The stop board is that line. You can hit the inside of it, but not the top).
rojo wrote:
bolt is in trouble wrote:Wow, you could hear Kovaks yell "oh f*ck off" when the judge raised the red flag. To be fair, in the replay it looked like he didn't foul.
Any shot experts on here? Is this a foul? HE hit the top of the board.
https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom/status/894299438503665665and
https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom/status/894299183481593856
Bad Wigins wrote:
Why are the Poles so good at track for such a relatively small country? They're always making the finals. Watch Lewandowski make it too.
Smart coaching. Kszczot didn't brake 1:45 this year, but he is now a favorite for the final. Lewandowski seems a bit to old, he turned 30 this year and may be loosing some speed.
Btw - you may not know, but Poland has 40 milions inhabitants - it is one of the biggest countrys in the Europe.
Lewandowski has run some very good 1500s this year
World record and World Champion
rojo wrote:
bolt is in trouble wrote:Wow, you could hear Kovaks yell "oh f*ck off" when the judge raised the red flag. To be fair, in the replay it looked like he didn't foul.
Any shot experts on here? Is this a foul? HE hit the top of the board.
https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom/status/894299438503665665and
https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom/status/894299183481593856
I'm a USATF official and that was definitely a foul. You cannot touch the top of the board (not even a little bit). There's no controversy. Saying he barely touched it doesn't matter. It's like a long jumper whose foot goes a millimeter past the board - still a foul.
except that the video you linked (and that was shown by nbc) doesn't show his foot actually touching the top of the board. it shows a blurry foot in the vicinity of the board but there's no way you can conclude that the foot touched the top of the board on any video of i have seen.