Tyra Gittens claims the SEC Indoor Pentathlon LJ was 'rigged'

Was the 800 also rigged? She ran 2:33 while Hall ran 2:10.

She should shut up.

She's claiming that her flight had their marks measured from the men's board, which is why all of their marks were so short.

I didn't know there were different boards for men and women long jumps.

But if she felt it was rigged then, why didn't she try to protest it, or get a coach to enter a protest on her behalf while the event was still going on? Are they allowed to during a multi-event?

bro looked like Gittens tanked big time in the long jump. 13' for someone who has been jumping 21'+ easy this year. She hot but probably just jelly Hall also as hot as her you feel me dawg?

I wasn't there (I wish) but maybe some SEC bro/chick has the scoop.

Then how G'auna and Arielle jump near PBs? Did they take off from another board?

ladedah wrote:

She's claiming that her flight had their marks measured from the men's board, which is why all of their marks were so short.

I didn't know there were different boards for men and women long jumps.

But if she felt it was rigged then, why didn't she try to protest it, or get a coach to enter a protest on her behalf while the event was still going on? Are they allowed to during a multi-event?

They all had three jumps? You trying to tell me they did it incorrectly three times for each athlete? She still finished last in the event?

something weird must have happened

In most major competitions a tape measure is laid out along the runway by the long jump official and they then give you 2 markers to put down for your marks. Apparently, from what I've heard the men's long jump in the heptathlon was before the women's long jump in the pentathlon and the tape measure that was laid out for the men was not moved for women in one of the long jump pits. At the Tyson Indoor Track facility the men's long jump board is at 4 meters and the women's is at 2 meters. There were also two pits and the mistake wasn't made in the other pit. Hall and Gittens were both jumping in the where the error was made.

Everyone else did at least 16' 10", so was it an error on her, and only her?

They use different boards to (1) help prevent men from hitting the end of the pit and getting hurt if they use too short of a board and (2) to prevent women from landing short of the pit and getting hurt if they can't jump from the longer board.

However, what she claims is not possible. There is an official who sits right on the board to call fouls. There is NO possible way that they could measure from the wrong board. As soon as the measurer sets up the laser (or tape) at the wrong board he will be notified by the other official. Seriously, the boards are more than six feet apart!

This makes much more sense. The officials always lay a tape down the side of the runway so that jumpers and vaulters can get their steps. The athlete knows where to start and the tape just makes their lives easier. If they failed to move the tape to the new board, the distance would be off by two meters. The athletes' steps would be way off and it would screw them up. However, for people who jump all the time they will notice the error during their warmups. When nobody can properly hit the board the athletes will figure it out. Remember when they set a steeple barrier at the wrong height and Emma Coburn immediately started waving her arms at the officials? I find it VERY hard to believe that an entire group of athletes can't figure out the tape is at the wrong location.