that’s exactly what they did to kipyegon. she finished the race under the impression she was a silver medalist and had that snatched away from her. battocletti is a professional and has to understand the possible result of the appeal…. especially bc she wasn’t a legitimate medalist. she finished 4th and if she gets bronze she should consider herself lucky…
According to a verified report, it was actually the Ethiopians who filled the protest. I don’t know what motivates them to do that, b/c they are not even getting a medal even if faith is DQed. Unless there is a kind of rivalry between Kenya
Because Kipyegon’s dirty wrestling move cost Tsegay a medal, that’s why. Look at the pain Tsegay was in when it happened and immediately after. Kipyegon ruined her race.
This is basically the wrestling move that Kipyegon did to Tsegay.
Kipyegon applies force in the wrong direction. a shove towards the outside of the track is much less egregious then pulling someone backwards
Exactly. Defending your space is fine. grabbing someone and pulling them into your space doesn't make any sense.
I agree. The people position here in support of Kipyegon are as bad as those that hated on Zola Budd. Both were in the wrong, but Kipyegon was egregious
But Tsegay is a nasty racer. Just cuts people up and is more than happy to risk others falling.
She deserves pelters too.
Pretty sure Faith and Chebet clipped Tsegay a few times after she forced her way to the lead. You can see Tsegay’s face in pain.
I agree the DQ is not correct given Faith had to hold her ground so not pushed off the track. Tsegay knew she wasn’t going to win today and had to play dirty.
Kipyegon applies force in the wrong direction. a shove towards the outside of the track is much less egregious then pulling someone backwards
Exactly. Defending your space is fine. grabbing someone and pulling them into your space doesn't make any sense.
I don't see what you are alleging. This move by Tsegay was totally offensive by shoving herself into Kipyegon's space. Kipyegon wasn't trying to slow Tsegay down. Kipyegon was trying to stay on her feet and not being shoved off the track. This DQ definitely needs to be reversed. And it should matter how the race turned out too. Tsegay finished in 9th place 17 seconds back with a season's best.
Exactly. Defending your space is fine. grabbing someone and pulling them into your space doesn't make any sense.
I don't see what you are alleging. This move by Tsegay was totally offensive by shoving herself into Kipyegon's space. Kipyegon wasn't trying to slow Tsegay down. Kipyegon was trying to stay on her feet and not being shoved off the track. This DQ definitely needs to be reversed. And it should matter how the race turned out too. Tsegay finished in 9th place 17 seconds back with a season's best.
I do agree that it's pretty funny for Tsegay to be running so aggressively despite not having any chance at winning, I'll concede that.
Doesn't excuse Kipyegon's bad instinct/reaction. I don't really see how pulling someone back towards you can help you stay on your feet. She pulled her out of frustration. Simple.
I just added in the What a joke to the title. We watched the replay. The contact just before 800m to go SHOULD NOT result in a DQ of anybody. . Seriously people.
Faith knows Tsegay is going to drift and she kind of proactively gives her shove but it wasn't that bad. Our sport is a joke. If it that happened 5 meters from the finish, yes, but 820 meters? No.
I've now seen a front on shot. She does proactively appear to grab Hassan. Thus I actually can kind of see what she was DQd.
I’m so tired of this crap. No other sport has fans that care at all about doping allegations. But it infests every thread on Letsrun. There isn’t a single athlete in all of track and field you can discuss without someone popping in to accuse them of doping.
It’s bad for the site and it’s bad for the sport.
What nonsense. Athletics is the only sport (other than bodybuilding) in which drugs alone can determine whether you are a world record holder or an also-ran. Even in MMA/UFC, which is 90% technical skill, doping accusations matter among a majority of fans. Kipyeogan comes from a country which has had over 400 doping busts, and her performances have been superhuman.
I just added in the What a joke to the title. We watched the replay. The contact just before 800m to go SHOULD NOT result in a DQ of anybody. . Seriously people.
Faith knows Tsegay is going to drift and she kind of proactively gives her shove but it wasn't that bad. Our sport is a joke. If it that happened 5 meters from the finish, yes, but 820 meters? No.
I've now seen a front on shot. She does proactively appear to grab Hassan. Thus I actually can kind of see what she was DQd.
Kipyegon did hook and grab Tsegay's arm, but only after repeated shoving/attempts to impede by Tsegay. Tsegay nearly pushed her off the track, and this all results from the contact she initiated with Kipyegon. Seems odd that Tsegay got off scot-free. Glad she didn't finish anywhere near medal territory after racing like such an ass.
I just added in the What a joke to the title. We watched the replay. The contact just before 800m to go SHOULD NOT result in a DQ of anybody. . Seriously people.
Faith knows Tsegay is going to drift and she kind of proactively gives her shove but it wasn't that bad. Our sport is a joke. If it that happened 5 meters from the finish, yes, but 820 meters? No.
I've now seen a front on shot. She does proactively appear to grab Hassan. Thus I actually can kind of see what she was DQd.
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