In a tight quarters race, Uceny's advanceing left leg was knocked off line by the advancing right knee of Ethiopia's Aregawi, pushing Uceny's left leg into her own right calf. Her right leg was not there to support her on her next step, and down she went.
The reason she kicked herself in the calf is because her foot was flicked inwards after bumping with Ethiopian. Completely accidental of course.
It was like an ankle tap tackle. Watch this video at 45seconds
How about the mens 10,000? Should re re-run that event too? Somebody fell in that race. Kipsiro, I think.
I agree, bad tactics. She shouldn't have been in that position. But the source of the contact is clear. "Fault" is perhaps a bad choice of words in this case. Cheers
can we protest womens soccer and replay the semi final and final which were both f*cking bogus...two handballs not called against the usa and b*llsh1t refereeing
What I saw was Uceny's left foot running into the back of her right leg (as she brings her left foot forward). She may have done that to keep from hitting another runner (you know maybe adjusting her stride) and it just became awkward.
I've kicked myself a few times before too but never fell down.
So I don't see any grounds for protest to have a rerun.
I feel badly for Uceny though.
Rojo, absolutely, but as long as we re-run the 1984 Olympic women's 3000 while we're at it.
At the same time, they can re-do the 2006 Steelers vs Seahawks Superbowl on the infield because of the bad officiating.
Dude, sh*t happens, and runners fall down.
Re-run the race? I know you are joking, because there was no foul. As many have already stated, it was a tight bunch after going out at a middle school pace. I read that she said she was going to make sure she did not fall again and lead the entire way if necessary.
I cannot decipher any contact between Uceny and Aregawi, although they are very close and it is possible. Aregawi does react after seeing Uceny loose her balance, however.
I think what happened is she brushed the runner in front, scaring herself (Oh ShXt!) and reacting with a jump to prevent further contact with the runner in front, lost her balance, and tripped herself.
None of this is obvious, so I look forward to reading her account.
rojo wrote:
That's an option at USAs. Anyone know if it's an option at the Olympics?
Jeezes Rojo, what are you thinking? Re-run the race because the American fell.
Thats just insane. The rest of the world would laugh to no end if they heard about this.
"hey! the American fell! Its not fair! Lets race again, pleeease?"
Uceny fell, it was her own fault. Deal with it like a man.
Rojo, go look at the slow-motion video "common" has posted (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xsqnz4_fall_sport). Then consider retracting your request for a re-run. If you really want them to re-run this race, then you'd have to also want to re-run any race where someone fell.
As many others have pointed out, Uceny's left trailing foot makes contact with the Ethiopian's right thigh/knee, so when Uceny's left foot goes forward it hits her own right calf and she goes down.
I think that much is beyond debate.
The question of who is at fault for that contact is a matter of opinion. Personally, I'm inclined to say that it was incidental contact and nobody's fault.
But even if you want to say it was a foul, it was an extremely minor one - at worst, the Ethiopian shifted her position very slightly into the path of Uceny's trail foot, a matter of probably a few inches at most.
I can't think of a lesser foul, really. The Ethiopian wasn't fighting for position, cutting someone off, or using any aggressive racing tactics. So if this race merits a re-run, I can't imagine how someone could fall in a race where you'd say it didn't merit a re-run.
USA's aren't nearly as competitive as Olympics are even as important.
The major reason I see this never going down is because there was no foul in that fall and nobody is simply going to re-run a 1500m at that effort again in less than a week.
Dear Rojo every time you post you make a complete fool of yourself
10/10 on the troll meter.
Not her fault- she got the residual effects of someone else getting tripped inside of her. She was in decent position although I agree she should have stayed closer to the top 3.
common wrote:
Kostetskya was in front of Uceny the entire sequence. Watch the video, then come back and support your argument.
My mistake. It is Natalia Kareiva from Belarus who initiated it, almost fell and lunged forward into Aregawi, who moved up into Uceny.
Watch BBC replay of Athletics at 2:10:40 where the announcer says "a push there, Kareiva going down, and now oh dear me, is that Uceny again!?"
I think it is incredibly unfair to blame Uceny for what happened.
Rojo, did you even watch the race? The fall was 100% Uceny's fault. She kicked another runner and then fell down.
Uceny quit. That should be the title of this thread. If you fall, get up and finish the race and enough of the cry baby mentality.
While we're at it, lets replay the Canada-US women's soccer semifinal. Winner takes home the gold and loser gets the bronze.
Br0ski wrote:
just stop it rojo. seriously stop. you are embarrassing yourself and letsrun.
Actually, rojo can only embarrass himself if he himself gets embarrassed. You are in no position to determine if rojo feels embarrassed by his posts. As such, you have no way of determining whether or not he is embarrassing himself. You are, of course in a position to reasonably state that he embarrasses you.
Did anyone report this ridiculous post yet? Where is the moderator? Oh yeah, he posted this nonsense.
Seriously though, part of the magic and drama of the Olympics is that it is only every four years. The wins are more brilliant and the losses more tragic because you can't do it over - not for four years and maybe never.