HS error wrote:
Ben L Wrong wrote:The fotofinish is hilarious.
https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=emily%20infeld&src=typdWhy the heck did she move out to lane 2?
Women runners are always doing this and getting passed this way.
5th placer Sally Kipyego finished in outside of Lane 3; 1 thru 7 were tightly packed at the end.
I am sure this has been posted... but nice payback :-)
It would have been in poor form for Enfield to pass Huddle at the end like this in triathlons. We have an unwritten rule for this.
Emily didn't quit or let up.
She ran through the line.
Great job.
Congtatulations.
triguru wrote:
It would have been in poor form for Enfield to pass Huddle at the end like this in triathlons. We have an unwritten rule for this.
Is that because triathletes are the biggest posers ever when it comes to celebrating 698th place in a race?
Congratulations Emily Infield - great racing. Feel good about your bronze medal. Looking forward to seeing you do well in Rio.
It was a big mistake, no doubt, and one that Huddle will have to own. I'm sure that she's sick about it.
But she's hardly unique in this--it's very common for athletes to back off the last few strides before the tape when they sense they've broken free. Cheruiyot herself backed off and raised her arms before the line in the same race. Farah does it every race he wins. This happens all the time when an athlete runs a strong homestretch, but almost always the athlete coasts across the line and holds his or her spot. Let's not imagine what Huddle did is all that unusual. It's a pretty common mistake, but most times nobody notices. Getting punished for it is what's uncommon. Steve Ovett did it about 1000 times. He got punished for it once.
Will Molly deliver the Lets run contest prize by raising her hands before she rings my door bell?
Seen a lot of races wrote:
It was a big mistake, no doubt, and one that Huddle will have to own. I'm sure that she's sick about it.
But she's hardly unique in this--it's very common for athletes to back off the last few strides before the tape when they sense they've broken free. Cheruiyot herself backed off and raised her arms before the line in the same race. Farah does it every race he wins. This happens all the time when an athlete runs a strong homestretch, but almost always the athlete coasts across the line and holds his or her spot. Let's not imagine what Huddle did is all that unusual. It's a pretty common mistake, but most times nobody notices. Getting punished for it is what's uncommon. Steve Ovett did it about 1000 times. He got punished for it once.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wYYu4nzzI4
I am not sure if it is in there or not but
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVxxaj1j9nELeaning otherwise wrote:
Looking at the video, Huddle did two things during the last 5-10 meters. She noticeably slowed her cadence and drifted to the right. Had she kept the inside lane covered or had she kept up her cadence for a few more strides, she was bronze. Infeld herself recognized this fact in her interview as she expressly acknowledged that she saw Huddle relax and let up at the very end which created the opportunity for Infeld.
It should also be said that the closely trailing runner in that context may have an advantage insofar as they have both the finish line and their competitor in view and can better gauge and time the effort for one last surge. The athlete in front only has the finish line and as in this case may not be aware of where the trailing athlete is.
Another thought occurs to me about why Molly drifted to the right and opened that inner lane for Infeld to exploit. We saw Rowbury do the outer lane drift in the 5k at US Nats while trying to keep a charging Huddle at bay. The outer lane drift is frequently resorted to in an effort to keep the hard charging chasing runner behind the frontrunner. In this case, Molly miscalculated because Infeld was not making any move to go around her and was instead totally committed to the rail approach which fortuitously opened up for Infeld at the very last moment.
And perhaps you noticed that with 80m or so to go, Huddle looked over her right shoulder, while Infeld was moving left. I suspect Huddle thought she had it.
Big congrats to Infeld. She has always been incredibly humble and it's nice to hear her express thanks to her teammates too. Very real. Her and Shalane are great training partners.
I noticed too Molly looked right. She had no clue about Infeld. Damn.
PRRRR wrote:
I noticed too Molly looked right. She had no clue about Infeld. Damn.
Which makes me also wonder if the big screen in front of her showed anything, the MO for most these days is to check out what's happening on the big screen,
or was the camera focusing on the others as they crossed/or after crossing the line and not her and Infeld coming down the straight towards the finish?
This is the first World/Oly medal to be lost in this way. This isn't an exhibition or dual meet.
Seen a lot of races wrote:
It was a big mistake, no doubt, and one that Huddle will have to own. I'm sure that she's sick about it.
But she's hardly unique in this--it's very common for athletes to back off the last few strides before the tape when they sense they've broken free. Cheruiyot herself backed off and raised her arms before the line in the same race. Farah does it every race he wins. This happens all the time when an athlete runs a strong homestretch, but almost always the athlete coasts across the line and holds his or her spot. Let's not imagine what Huddle did is all that unusual. It's a pretty common mistake, but most times nobody notices. Getting punished for it is what's uncommon. Steve Ovett did it about 1000 times. He got punished for it once.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wYYu4nzzI4
El Verdad wrote:
This is the first World/Oly medal to be lost in this way.
That's at best half true. In the 90s Marlene Ottey lost the 100 meters title TWICE on photo finish because she didn't lean. Had nothing to do with early celebration though.
Ben L Wrong wrote:
I've never seen something similar in a 10k WC's final.
That's why some HS coaches are so angry about athletes don't diving at the line.
No you have note seen anything like it , best US women's 10k finish for a group of US athletes ever on the track!
Its was an incredible race for american woman in the 10k, never before a group finishing that high up in a major final. Lets not make it about one athletes bad moment lets make it about american women sending a message!
thejeff wrote:
I am sure this has been posted... but nice payback :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BiBR7BG4Es
I like Molly Huddle but look at that video. Why is she not running the shortest route? And Emily does the same!
Like someone said before, if an athlete doesn't, spontaneously, then the coach should remember that these small aspects can be of utmost importance.
jjjjjj wrote:
I hated to see that. Huddle did the work to distance the field and she had had such a fantastic year. However, you have the rest of your life to celebrate a medal, if you get it. You always have got to run hard through the line and lean, especially with a gutsy challenger in Infeld, who never quits, right behind you. Huddle blew it, pure and simple, but I hope she'll have another chance at a medal next year in Rio, where it'll be even hotter and more humid probably.
Getting nipped at the line for first while celebrating is stupid. Getting nipped at the line while celebrating THIRD is a complete embarrassment. Who throws their arms up and celebrates third?? Come on. Emily deserved her bronze and I hated that she was sheepish and almost apologizing for competing and getting Huddle. Yes Huddle seems like a nice person but it is no ones fault but her own that she got fourth.
Am I the only one who thinks what Infeld did was unpatriotic?
World Championships are about determining which is the best country (hint: USA), not who is the best individual athlete. Huddle worked hard for 3rd place and Infeld stole it from her.
Would the third place have been a Kenyan then yes, it would have been ok. But you don't beat your own teammate in this kind of unprofessional way.
Have you ever coached? Have you ever told your athletes before a race that they are not to try their best? Have you actually told them to let up at the finish if they have a teammate who is letting up in front of them?Just curious, because I've never heard such a bizarre statement on LetsRun, and that's saying something. What part of "giving your all" did you miss when you were introduced to track & field? Or did you miss the part about the finish line and its significance?The entire foundation of our sport is built upon achieving individual excellence. Even in cross country, the message is to go even harder if a teammate is having trouble, because the team needs you to pick up the slack.To cite Emily's amazing effort as an example of poor patriotism is ludicrous, offensive, and clinically bizarre. And I'm not even addressing your notion that the World Championships, an event with no team score, is about which country is the best.
Unpopular opinion wrote:
Am I the only one who thinks what Infeld did was unpatriotic?
World Championships are about determining which is the best country (hint: USA), not who is the best individual athlete. Huddle worked hard for 3rd place and Infeld stole it from her.
Would the third place have been a Kenyan then yes, it would have been ok. But you don't beat your own teammate in this kind of unprofessional way.
I didn't know of her before but was just pleased her name is "Infield".