Nijel Amos IN THE FINAL

Ah. Just watched the NBC broadcast a bunch of times. Now I can see Jewett's right foot contact Amos's left leg once . . . throwing Isaiah's stride off . . . and then Jewett's next stride and back kick with his right leg brings his foot into what looks like a pretty hard hit to Amos's left shin, causing Nigel to start to go down. I could not detect any fault or involvement on the part of Rotich. I also could not see any indication of Amos clipping the either heel of Jewett's, as the cause of the fall.

Wise Old Man . . . love the Zapruder reference there. :-)

If Amos really did say "sorry" to Jewett and truly feels that he is at fault, he should abstain from the final.

I wish they'd reinstate both of them and make them both share lane 9 or something, but that would be unfair to the other athletes. 10 men in an Olympic 800 final would be too many. What a sad story. Good thing Jewett is young.

The above article says "He (Amos) did a good job by finishing the race even though others had long finished. Had he walked away, we as Botswana would not have had a case to report or stand on"...

Very interesting that had Amos not finished he would not have been able to be advanced to the final.

Also, if this had happened in the final, the rule says that the referee "could order that the race be re-held". I wonder that if the same exact thing happened in a final if they would have just let it go or ordered a re-run?

NodoubtAboutit wrote:

Uncle Fuzzy's Wrinkled Sack wrote:

I agree and obviously the officials do as well. Rojo is just editorializing

Without question, Jewett definitely tripped over his own feet. I can see Amos going to the final, as a 9th runner only.

Please watch again on a big screen. Amos’s leg hit Jewett’s back-kicked foot.

Sheesh just watched the plain ole NBC feed. It's blindingly obvious. Jewett clipped Amos. Neither was at fault. The officials were, however, at fault. Why on earth was Amos reinstated? What about all the other numerous similar incidents in the Olympics over history? They didn't get reinstated!

RunAnnArbor wrote:

I agree with doingthistopost . . . Jewett tripped himself. I just watched that Chris Chavez video dozens and dozens of times--watching those critical strides of both runners. I see Isaiah's right foot clip his left calf/behind the knee . . . causing him to break stride and begin to go down. Amos can't avoid Isaiah and goes down. I do not see Amos clipping Isaiah's heel as the reason for Isaiah's fall. All the best to Isaiah in the future.

LOL. Jewett's right foot clearly contacts Amos' left leg. That is what causes Jewett's right foot to catch the back of his left leg. He did not trip himself.

Ghost1 wrote:

relay man wrote:

They obviously watched it a bunch of times in slow motion and determined that Jewett tripped on his own.

Yes, that’s also the way I see it.

Can people who see it another way provide videos please about their claim (that Jewett should be reinstated to the final) which is counter to this because I was not able to access any?

Local Australian TV. Played in slo mo over and over again. Clear that Jewett's right foot is clipped by Amos's knee. No major fault for either. Jewett 20m earlier was outside Amos, maybe they decided Jewett cut it on Amos, except Amos didn't get checked and it happened after Jewett had moved in.

If I'm Murphy and the others in line for a medal (and Rotich looks like the clear favourite), I'm annoyed Amos has been let in.

I watched it over and over again on the Canadian feed, where you can replay the whole feed come on all the replays.

Tuka's foot hits Jewett's right knee in a perfect storm, it's practically imperceptible, so perfect was the timing of it. Seriously on video the only way you can notice it happening is notice how Jewetts right leg is forced down to the ground before he's ready for it which causes him to stall and stumble which is why Amos tripped on him.

I was completely shocked when I saw it, it almost defies the eyes, but it's what happened, the trailer stalled out and that caused Amos to hit his heel as he slowed.. and down I went.

If Jewett is not advanced to the final, this will be why. Technically it was his fault, and I wonder if it's wearing sunglasses impeded his depth perception if you will as he tried to run up and out and around tuka, however it was just at the beginning of his move, so it doesn't look obvious.

Running in dark sunglasses in heavy traffic on an overcast day is NOT a good move. Hopefully Jewett takes that on board for the future. Time to be a superhero without the specs.

Kudos to the kid: if he hadn't encouraged Amos to finish with him, Amos would probably be out.

Star wrote:

Jewett passed Amos on the outside on the turn and got in front of him cleanly cutting in.

Then immediately, Amos tried to move outside and go back around Jewett.

That's where the contact happened.

Jewett didn't cut in too soon.

Amos cut out too soon.

Not a foul, though.

It's a bit of both. A slight cut in by Jewett and a slightly early cut out by Amos. Definite contact, but close call on the reinstatement.

FastTuohy wrote:

This video is from a different angle and shows Jewett's right foot contacted Rotich's left leg apparently throwing him off so he tripped.

What is interesting is that going into that turn Rotich was on the rail and Jewett was outside of him in lane 1. Jewett got ahead of him and moved to the rail right before he tripped.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bqpg2eStSE

Focus on Jewett running up on Tuka, that is what starts the whole chain of events, watch Jewish right knee hit Tukas back foot, it causes Jewett to stall, which causes Amos to step on him and they both go down to the track.

Listen, I'm rooting for Jewett, but Amos deserves to be advanced for sure, it was the Olympics want to be generous, due to the sportsmanship, they can advance Jewett as well...

I mean I want Murphy to win, I wanted. Young Jewett in the final, and Amos is an old fave, so it was heartbreaking to watch, but I also thinkHoppel should have been advanced to the final cuz he was impeded with about 200 ago...

I could be okay with both of them being advanced Amos and Jewett .

Coevett likes Amos wrote:

Giiiirl power xc wrote:

LOL no.

Coevett probably has directly ejaculated after Amos' fall - and looked for the next train after seeing him in the final.

Must everything be sexualized?

So a similar thing happened in the women's 800m semis at the US trials. Sage Hurta fell after it looked like Hanna Green cut in too early. Green finished and was advanced to the finals on protest while Hurta was not, as she had a hard face plant fall, broke her wrist or arm, and was unable to finish. Had she been able to finish, a case could have been made to advance her on protest, at which point it would have been a very interesting debate as to whether Hurta, Green, or both would have been advanced or not advanced to the finals. Unless someone has inside knowledge how this would have been ruled, we'll never know. https://youtu.be/B7kqYksPpHU?t=130

I can understand why Jewett was held responsible because he was initially outside, then cut to the rail in front of Amos and the Kenyan. If you cut in on someone, and they run up on you because you cut in, it's your fault, not the runner who had inside position. If Hoppel had run up on the German guy who cut in on him and knocked him down, it would have been the German guys fault for cutting in so abruptly.

Jeff Riseley (AUS) just just as impeded as anyone in that fall. The referees said it didn’t impede him…even though he had to avoid tripping on the rail and then move sideways to jump over the two that fell!

Yes, I am his coach and may be bias :)

Finally here is the close up footage. It’s a travesty Amos is through and not Jewett.

https://twitter.com/SethTVSports/status/1421937672038322184?s=20

Yeah, I agree. If Jewett had not cut in would there have been a fall? No. Jewett's cutting in caused the whole chain reaction.

JRinaldi wrote:

Jeff Riseley (AUS) just just as impeded as anyone in that fall. The referees said it didn’t impede him…even though he had to avoid tripping on the rail and then move sideways to jump over the two that fell!

Yes, I am his coach and may be bias :)

Exactly! If Amos was let back in then Riseley should have been too. Let's hope Bol still makes it an Aussie gold.

Yep, As Amos closed on Jewett ,Jewett’s right foot kickback clipped Amos’ left knee and then as jewett’s brought his right foot forward it caught his own left foot from behind and he went down.