Jenny Simpson just ROBBED that win from Rowbury!!! (Will Salazar get her DQd?)

I agree 100 percent. With Jenny as an automatic qualifier, Shannon and Mary are sure in for Worlds 1500.

#winning wrote:

I'll keep being Team Jenny and you can keep being team Team Sore Loser

Looks like team jenny is the sore loser team.

Anyone who has to impede another runner to try and win is a loser.

IMHO, Rowbury won that race, and Simpson was disqualified.

Also, she's a bad sport. She had no consideration for causing Rowbury to fall down, and was immediately celebrating what she did. That's a bad sport.

Rowbury was not leaning wrote:

#winning wrote:

I'll keep being Team Jenny and you can keep being team Team Sore Loser

Looks like team jenny is the sore loser team.

Anyone who has to impede another runner to try and win is a loser.

IMHO, Rowbury won that race, and Simpson was disqualified.

Also, she's a bad sport. She had no consideration for causing Rowbury to fall down, and was immediately celebrating what she did. That's a bad sport.

Uceny caused the contact by running on the inside right into Simpson, which caused Simpson to stumble forward. That's what I see.

More pot stirring -

http://twitchy.com/2014/08/29/poor-loser-shannon-rowbury-says-she-was-robbed-of-win-at-zurich-1500-meter-run/

All part of the age of internet and social media fake controversy, I suppose.

She was in the front. Its possible she threw an elbow but I can't tell by the video. I'm sure Simpson felt Uceney trying to pass inside and that close to the line protected her space by staying close and falling forward.

In a distance race in the last 10 meters you can't be making people think about rules when they are competing. They don't have time to come up with a plan other than get to the finish.

She didn't cross Uceney's path intentionally to block her. She never changed her lane.

Rowbury OK. sorry

People remember well how profoundly evil this man Salazar was earlier this year.

dkny64 wrote:

No incentive for Salazar to get Simpson DQ'd, because if he were to succeed, the US would lose a spot in the women's 1500m at 2015 Outdoor Worlds, making it harder for Rowbury and Cain to make the team.

Actually since Hassan got 4th it wouldn't have mattered if Simpson got 1st or 2nd, she still would have won the DL still giving her an auto world spot... That had nothing to do with it...

The way I see things . . . Simpson probably caused the contact but it was not enough reason to DQ. I believe that if you work your ass off and fairly put yourself in the front, you deserve the advantages that come with that position.

If your strategy is to come from behind, you must accept the risk that your line to pass may not be open.

Please see my screen captures before making a conclusion. https://www.facebook.com/Growbur

Garry,

Don't even pay attention to the basement dwellers on this site who spend all their time bashing great runners. Your daughter is an amazing runner and a great person...and if I were you, I would do something about that absurd and defamatory "article" posted above.

How do you trip someone when you are ahead

Rowbury was too close to her

I think even the most blindly stubborn of Jenny supporters realize deep down inside that she stuck out her arm in an desperate attempt to prevent the inevitable, which was getting passed at the line. It doesn't matter if she was in the lead at the time, or how slight the move was or how dainty the contact was. IT WAS THE REASON SHE WON.

It is a move that has played out in races at all levels hundreds of times. Poistogova did it to Wilson last year. Robles did it to Lui Xiang. For some people, for a lot of people, even pros, it is a knee jerk reaction that comes out when they realize they are about to lose in the final inches. Jenny is now one of them.

If the barringer was DQ'd she wudent be winning it wud she

A) she wudda been DQ not put in 2nd

B) Hassan would climb to 3rd

c) if u don't run the DL final u aren't eligible for the winning pot, what about if u are DQ'ed in the final? Anyone checked up on this?

Exactly. What a joke some people on LR are.Jenny took a line coming off the turn (outside of lane 1) and maintained it to the finish. Her left wrist (not an elbow, not a shoulder) comes in contact with a competitor's arm trying to get by on the inside, which knocks Jenny off balance and she goes down, barely hanging on for the win.Two great things will result from this in the future: 1) Jenny will not swing as wide coming off the final turn (center of lane 1 has proven optimal here), and 2) Shannon will try to be better postioned to swing wide and not chance an inside pass again.

webby wrote:

What an absolute beast Jenny is, hurling her foe to the ground with a mere flick of the wrist.

Hee hee. wrote:

I think even the most blindly stubborn of Jenny supporters realize deep down inside that she stuck out her arm in an desperate attempt to prevent the inevitable, which was getting passed at the line. It doesn't matter if she was in the lead at the time, or how slight the move was or how dainty the contact was. IT WAS THE REASON SHE WON.

It is a move that has played out in races at all levels hundreds of times. Poistogova did it to Wilson last year. Robles did it to Lui Xiang. For some people, for a lot of people, even pros, it is a knee jerk reaction that comes out when they realize they are about to lose in the final inches. Jenny is now one of them.

Quit your whining. You make Shannon look bad.

Jenny did not stick out her arm in an desperate attempt to prevent Shannon from passing her. She stumbled and threw her arm to keep her balance.

Jenny did initiate the contact, no doubt about that.

The contact was hardly enough to impede Shannon.

The contact was not enough to make Shannon fall. It looks like Shannon looked over as Jenny was going down and her foot caught the track somehow. Jenny was not close enough to her to make contact with her feet.

They both were going for the win and ended up falling across the line. Jenny won. Good race by Shannon.

Rowbury was not leaning wrote:

grimatongueworm wrote:

What video are you watching. There's at least a foot of lateral separation at the line. They were both leaning forward and they both fell.

There was lateral separation, and they were side by side. Rowbury was besde her, so Simpson had no right to move in. She also had no right to throw out an arm block, which impeded Rowbury, the reason why Simpson should be disqualified. Rowbury was not leaning. She fell because Simpson whacked her three times with her arm, holding her back, and her body couldn't keep up with her feet. The impact is evident when you watch the video from the side.

You need to learn a little about Track and Field. There is no way in hell any official would even think of disqualifiying Jenny.