Unofficial Day 3 Eugene World Championships Thread

What is the reasoning behind not allowing a runner to run under protest? I don't see the drawback, especially with a DQ like Allen's - very reasonable that the sensor was within margin of error.

Devon Allen is about to take another L in a few weeks when the Eagles cut him. He is not making that team.

In Tokyo I could have sworn they reviewed it and if they were visually leaving early they gave a green card.

A watered down field but Holloway was dominant in that race. I think he still beats Allen and Parchment.

In the hurdles especially, they could interfere with the other runners. Not fair to the guys who didn't false start.

If it was as simple as that, I wouldn’t disagree, but I’m not sure he actually false started; and now, if it’s discovered later there was actually a sensor issue, Allen has no remedy. He should have been permitted to race and then DQed after a full review if appropriate.

I'm sick....to watch someone like Allen have his Dreams taken away unfairly!

Have you ever watched a 110mH race ever?

Same. I could’ve swore some major races I watched last year had the “warning card”.

Maybe the Eagles are going full-on option attack with Hurts at QB and Devon Allen will be the speed pitch man?

But yea, he's not making it as a WR. He's waaaaaaaaaaay too small.

What a night for the USA. SWEEP in the M shot put, gold/silver in the W pole vault, and gold/silver in the 110 hurdles.

What a f**king joke. Almost ruins the entire championships. Track and field, at a time when it was looking really promising for the sport in the US, is just embarrassing itself with this DQ

It's really unfortunate. But it isn't really unfair. The same rule applies to everyone.

Didn't think of that. Good point

This is absolute garbage. Y'all really think people are anticipating the gun in a world championships and jumping a thousandth of a second too early? BS!

Did they do the fastest reaction time testing on the absolute best athletes in the world WHILE in their biggest competitions?

Too many people believe whatever tf science says, as if a study or two can understand the capacity of every human alive. The arrogance...

This is a BAD night.

This .1 DQ sht is a joke. All day. Who determined that is the reaction speed limit? 3 DQs today it is completely arbitrary.

The rule should be based on a visual observation of a false start.

one of the things that makes it even more ridiculous is that he was only a few hundreths quicker out of the blocks than he was in the semis. Seems clear from those two starts he has a faster reaction time than the others. Can't it just be a gift?