See comments above - tiny arm hook at the end.
This DQ is absolutely ridiculous on the same level as Quigley's DQ in the steeple. That's how racing works and nobody was hurt by it.
These championships are making a name for themselves for petty officiating and bureaucratics.
teddy_farley wrote:
2q5 wrote:Just dumb to let it go out that slow when you know what time you'll need for the little q.
This is what I don't get. When you are heat 3/3, you know EXACTLY what you need to do to move on. There should be no excuses, especially when the time to beat is well within your capabilities (as 1:59.74 is for BMart).
The people in the third heat were idiots. Maybe they were hoping Wambui was going to be off her game. So stupid. They didn't go for a time and while BMart ran great. she is out.
POS BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK
1 4380 Ajee WILSON USA USA 1:59.21 Q
2 3719 Melissa BISHOP CAN CAN 1:59.56 Q
3 3667 Noélie YARIGO BEN BEN 1:59.74 q SB
4 3784 Rose Mary ALMANZA CUB CUB 1:59.79
5 4154 Hedda HYNNE NOR NOR 1:59.88
6 3914 Adelle TRACEY GBR GBR 2:00.26 PB
7 4245 Hanna HERMANSSON SWE SWE 2:00.43 PB
8 3837 Habitam ALEMU ETH ETH 2:00.69
SPLIT TIMES
400m 57.83 AjeeWILSON UNITED STATES USA
Heat 2
POS BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK
1 4209 Caster SEMENYA RSA RSA 1:58.90 Q
2 4166 Angelika CICHOCKA POL POL 1:59.32 Q SB
3 4350 Charlene LIPSEY USA USA 1:59.35 q
4 4227 Selina BÃœCHEL SUI SUI 1:59.85
5 4100 Egle BALCIÜNAITÉ LTU LTU 2:00.48 SB
6 4135 Sanne VERSTEGEN NED NED 2:00.92
7 4275 Docus AJOK UGA UGA 2:02.00
3911 Lynsey SHARP GBR GBR DQ
400m 58.98 CharleneLIPSEY UNITED STATES USA
HEAT 3
POS BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK
1 3660 Francine NIYONSABA BDI BDI 2:01.11 Q
2 4090 Margaret Nyairera WAMBUI KEN KEN 2:01.19 Q
3 4354 Brenda MARTINEZ USA USA 2:01.31
4 4281 Halima NAKAAYI UGA UGA 2:01.74
5 4174 Joanna JÓZWIK POL POL 2:01.91
6 3904 Shelayna OSKAN-CLARKE GBR GBR 2:02.26
7 3932 Christina HERING GER GER 2:02.69
8 4205 Gena LÖFSTRAND RSA RSA 2:03.67
SPLIT MARK ATHLETE COUNTRY
400m 1:00.89 Francine NIYONSABA BURUNDI BDI
Brenda should've went for the 1500 team instead of the 800.
teddy_farley wrote:
2q5 wrote:Just dumb to let it go out that slow when you know what time you'll need for the little q.
This is what I don't get. When you are heat 3/3, you know EXACTLY what you need to do to move on. There should be no excuses, especially when the time to beat is well within your capabilities (as 1:59.74 is for BMart).
She might not have known the time needed. Wasn't that an issue after either the 3k or 5k heats? I remember someone saying they weren't allowed to watch
Beevie wrote:
yooooooooo wrote:I thought Lispsey impeded Sharp by drifting out. It was also a bad move by Lipsey because it let Cichocka through.
^^ THIS ^^
Agree, not smart at all
That Sharp DQ is ridiculous. Seems like people looking for DQs rather than responding to real incidents.
teddy_farley wrote:
2q5 wrote:Just dumb to let it go out that slow when you know what time you'll need for the little q.
This is what I don't get. When you are heat 3/3, you know EXACTLY what you need to do to move on. There should be no excuses, especially when the time to beat is well within your capabilities (as 1:59.74 is for BMart).
I've heard that the officials aren't letting the athletes watch the earlier heats, as they're deeming it an unfair advantage. Emma Coburn mentioned something about that in an interview. There should still be someone out there telling the runners the time they need to beat though.
The head-on camera shows clerarly that Lyndsey Sharp had her eyes closed down the home straight. No way was the locking of arms intentional.
Crazy DQ.
With the bubble at a modest 1:59.74 BMart fails to take it out hard enough to be sure to take advantage of knowing what she must do and misses by a second and a half . . .not a couple of tenths --- a second and a half!
What was she thinking?
WiT wrote:
With the bubble at a modest 1:59.74 BMart fails to take it out hard enough to be sure to take advantage of knowing what she must do and misses by a second and a half . . .not a couple of tenths --- a second and a half!
What was she thinking?
Probably about her next workout twitter post.
Wonder how some of the guys will fair from the faster heat yesterday after trying to recover.
I would say the Sharpe DQ is even worse than the Quigley DQ. If anything she helped push Lipsey forward.
CDA wrote:
Johnson just told Martinez that she had to sit and wait, when she was clearly out... gotta love NBC and its knowledgable staff.
He might not have known but for once it could have been them having a bit of decorum, by not telling Martinez "hey you didn't make it" during a live interview (she probably knew already, but in the event she didn't that would be kinda cruel).
Very much opposed to the infamous ambush-style interview of Wallace Spearmon at the 2008 Olympics, when he clearly had no idea he had been DQed.
If that's the case then not taking it out makes more sense. But you think somebody's coach would yell them the time or something. We'll have to see if she mentions it during an interview.
Robby straight to the back in a slow heat.
RandoCalrissian wrote:
WiT wrote:With the bubble at a modest 1:59.74 BMart fails to take it out hard enough to be sure to take advantage of knowing what she must do and misses by a second and a half . . .not a couple of tenths --- a second and a half!
What was she thinking?
Probably about her next workout twitter post.
10/10
Was that DQ based on a complaint from USA or indepedently by judges?
Beevie wrote:
Robby straight to the back in a slow heat.
Ugh! Exactly what we all talked about....
WTF robbie?
teddy_farley wrote:
2q5 wrote:Just dumb to let it go out that slow when you know what time you'll need for the little q.
This is what I don't get. When you are heat 3/3, you know EXACTLY what you need to do to move on. There should be no excuses, especially when the time to beat is well within your capabilities (as 1:59.74 is for BMart).
On the other hand, if you can't beat the Wambui or Nionsaba, you aren't going to get on the medal stand anyway...