JoeGarland wrote:
According to LetsRun
"Some of the women who started in the outside corral (including Masai) cut in too early, as there were no cones around the turn. No protest was filed, so no one could be disqualified. An IAAF spokesperson said even if a protest had been filed, no one would have been disqualified since it was an official's mistake."
http://www.letsrun.com/2009/womens10k0815.php
So, they have never run a 10,000m race in corrals before? And they were not told that since they were starting in an outside corral they couldn't cut in until the cone on the end of the turn? Isn't it the runner's mistake, not an official's mistake?