Nijel Amos IN THE FINAL

Ghost1 wrote:

Overall consensus is that this was the case. US national bias may play a part in some people seeing otherwise. This is the reality.

No, the reality is you don't know what you are talking about. The slow-mo replay shows their is a 'hitch' in the motion of Jewitt's back-kick. That 'hitch' was likely from his foot contacting Amos' leg.

Wise Old Man wrote:

This is what I see and at the very least both should advance. What I’d like to know is what the officials saw and more details about the appeal process. Who reviews the tape? Can somebody get the officials on the record? Maybe our intrepid LRC journalists on the scene….

My guess is a king solomon situation. Jewett and Amos said jewett should advance rather than neither of them, so they advanced amos

Do the meet officials review the same footage we saw on the NBC stream? Is that the one and only official tape of the race? Is it a single “relay” official, or is it some designated panel or ad hoc group? I’d like some NFL replay type clarity on both the process and the outcome. Right now, it seems flawed and I’m holding out that Jewett gets in after all. I hope the USA team is raising hell. Fine if Amos advances, but Jewett should too. They can share lane 9 in the final.

And related to that... if the guy not deemed at fault was not called Amos... would it have been the same outcome or would he instead not have been sent to the final....

It appears in this slowmo that Jewett's own right leg extends, kicking his own right hamstring. That seems to be what caused the sequence of events.

https://streamable.com/fvejxx

There is enough clip before the sequence of events to see how high Jewett's back-kick is (i.e., compare to lane lines) before it is first impeded in height. The 'hitch' when it is impeded in height is most likely when it contacts Amos' leg.

Yes, his leg hits his own hamstring- right after it gets clipped by Amos's knee.

Jewett's leg clearly hits Amos' knee. Watch the bottom of his shoe. On his full stride with normal back kick, the bottom of the shoe goes from vertical to horizontal (facing up to the sky at the top of the back kick). On the stride in question, Jewett's shoe is vertical than it hits something without completing the full back kick arc.

Rules wrote:

Jewett's leg clearly hits Amos' knee. Watch the bottom of his shoe. On his full stride with normal back kick, the bottom of the shoe goes from vertical to horizontal (facing up to the sky at the top of the back kick). On the stride in question, Jewett's shoe is vertical than it hits something without completing the full back kick arc.

^^^this

I sure hope this is straightened out and Jewitt is put in the final, with Amos DQed

Amos’ left leg is to the left of Jewett’s right leg. Amos starts to move out right. Jewett’s right trail leg hits Amos’ left lead leg. Jewett’s right foot flicks, and hits his own left calf on the upswing, tripping.

https://streamable.com/9ajsil

either they are both out (wouldve been my guess) or they are both in. putting amos in and not jewett is lame imo when there appears to be contact.

Wow. You are correct. This is the first that I could really see it. Jewett should be in and Amos out.

Your slo-mo clip is the clearest I've seen showing Jewett's foot contacting Amos' leg. You explained well the initiating sequence, with Amos moving his left leg out of its previous line (in order to initiate passing).

Is it too much to ask that Gault or wejo or whoever is on site as a journalist answer (or get answers to) some key questions?

ITS LITERALLY YOUR JOBS!!!!!!!!!!

Did Jewett appeal? If so is any appeal still pending?

What is official rationale for the current decision to run Amos?

I think we can all agree this article's title is not what happened

www.si.com/.amp/olympics/2021/08/01/isaiah-jewett-nijel-amos-fall-mens-800-meters-tokyo-olympics-track-and-field-video

doingthistopost wrote:

I think we can all agree this article's title is not what happened

www.si.com/.amp/olympics/2021/08/01/isaiah-jewett-nijel-amos-fall-mens-800-meters-tokyo-olympics-track-and-field-video

Full title is "Isaiah Jewett Falls During Men's 800m Semifinal, Helps Competitor Up and Across The Finish Line"

Great view. The contact certainly was nobody's fault. Amos did not really run up on Jewett and clip him in the conventional sense, but there is not doubt that Jewett fell because his foot hit Amos's leg. So what is the rule that governs this sort of contact? In terms of fairness it seems clear both should go through or neither, but the rules may not be fair. Some of you are long time elite racers, coaches, meet officials, can you explain this outcome? Better yet, would like to hear from the meet officials in Tokyo. I would think the USA team would be losing it.

This is the fault of that showboating Kenyan. He was pushing up behind both these guys and cause chaos, at least mentally. He was also making unsportsmanlike gesture at the finish. They should DQ him and re-instate Jewett too!