Warholm's (missed?) second hurdle

This photo is not conclusive. You can see the corner of the hurdle peeking behind the arch of his foot, meaning he's not next to the hurdle at the time of the shot. Still possible he went around, but from this photo alone, it's also possible he cleared the plane in time.

They interviewed the Finnish jury member Antti Pihlakoski about this

He said US contacted the jury, but after looking at it from all angles they agreed it was no reason to DQ

the jury member also say that in the interview; “warholm’s feet was above the hurdle height”

case closed

It's the World Championship not some high school meet in Montana, there is no such thing as wrong position they have plenty of officials to catch these things. Plus he was the first one to hurdle two. You might miss the 4th or 5th guy but not the first.

Liar

Can we please have a respectful discussion environment?

This is from NRK (translated by Google):

Finnish Antti Pihlakoski was part of the jury on Monday.He explains the course of events as follows:
- Someone saw that there might be a problem with Warholm's hedge pass. The US requested it. They came to see the official video. The official video was satisfactory for the US, so they did not file a protest, he says to NRK.

[....]

He explains that the angle of the images shown on the TV broadcast was not good enough to give a correct answer.
- The angle is not the right one. You have to see it either from the front or from above. When you have those videos, you see that there are moments where it looks like it's not a right way to go over the hedge, but it was a right pass, he says.

Source:

nrk.no

Jurymedlem avslører: USA ba om å få se Warholm-bilder

Simon Zetlitz Nessler / Journalist

Bildene av den ene hekkepasseringen til Karsten Warholm i mandagens semifinale fikk flere nasjoner til å reagere. Nå forklarer juryen avgjørelsen.

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The lack of DQ is much worse than I previously thought. This comment, with this video, helped me see the clear infraction. He even stumbles after the hurdle. Dude would have gone down if not for the illegal hook.

I wish they would release the "official" video. I can believe that his foot made it over, but there doesn't seem to be a good reason to not release the video when public video makes it reasonable to think that he hooked the hurdle.

The video that shows his foot going over doesn't exist because he didn't go over.

Amazing thread. Nothing brings the letsrun soyboys together like longing for a DQ after a white Euro athlete makes a minor inconsequential infraction. Reminds me of those threads from a couple years ago critiquing Femke's technique. Same nonsense. Same soyboys.

He wobbled on a hurdle. Refs didn't consider it a foul. The rest of the world has moved on.

That’s the best close image. I am a distance fan but during the race told my partner it looked like his leg went around the hurdle. Don’t remember any other time I caught something like this, so it stood out. Warholm is skilled enough he knows. Official likely saw what they expected, not what actually took place. Or is too timid to bring down the WR holder. Not pleased Kaster got off so easily.

Have to admit nothing gets by the letsrun savages.

That image does not show him hooking the hurdle. You can see the corner of the hurdle behind his foot. He had not reached the plane of the hurdle yet when the image was captured.

I thought I saw CJ Allen do the same thing in his heat. I was scratching my head, going "Is that legal?" Seems like the officials were not looking closely for this...

I've seen KW do this in other races (and other hurdlers) I just figured it's kind of like a carry in the NBA. It doesn't get called so everyone does it, and since everyone does it it can't get called.

If you knock over the hurdle with one leg does it then still matter if the other leg also wouldn't have made it over?

Yes, by rule and by outcome: hitting with your lead leg is different and typically more disruptive that hitting with your trail leg.

He knew exactly what he was doing. He knew he was going to crash into the hurdle and either stumble and slow down, or fall. It looks like he has practiced this trick before. There is no reason for his foot to rotate out like that.

Control YT videos one frame at a time with the comma key (forward 1 frame) and period keys (back one frame.)

Observe also the shadows on the hurdle's left supporting leg, yet no shadows on the top crossboard. In my professional opinion, Mr. Warholm's left foot went around and below the top of the hurdle.

Warholm second hurdle closeup