Mo Ahmed - Avila fall : Ahmed should be sanctioned in some way

I agree completely

Ha wow, I didn't catch anything leading up to the fall in real time, though I did notice him ignore Avila later on. What the heck was he doing after the gun went off?? That was super bizarre. He has no one to blame but himself.

Why didn’t the officials call them back?

Wow, glad this got posted to youtube because I didn't get a really good look at the fall when it happened. Ahmed absolutely should face some sort of penalty but I don't know what exactly they could do. I hope he gets tripped on the Olympic final.

we need Zola Budd wrote:

Wow, glad this got posted to youtube because I didn't get a really good look at the fall when it happened. Ahmed absolutely should face some sort of penalty but I don't know what exactly they could do. I hope he gets tripped on the Olympic final.

Jakob's already on it!

Good for Ahmed sticking up for himself. Avila full on body checked him at least 3 or 4 times. If you're going to knock someone over, you should go down too.

I thought Canadians always say sorry.

Looking at this more closely, you can see Avila on the start line throw two huge elbows to Moh and the other guy beside him (ostensibly to clear space for himself). This obviously knocks the much lighter Ahmed off balance, then Avila tries to cut in hard on Ahmed AGAIN, basically pushing him to the ground. As Ahmed is falling he grabs Avila's jersey.

Obviously Ahmed should be the bigger person here, but Avila was being a total dick in the first 50m, so I don't blame him for exacting some revenge.

I wonder if this is a tactic that Avila always uses? Haven't seen too many of his races.

Wow. What the heck was that? I had no idea it was that flagrant until watching the YouTube video. Mo threw him onto the track. What a cry baby. He should be embarrassed about acting that way.

nokidding wrote:

Wow. What the heck was that? I had no idea it was that flagrant until watching the YouTube video. Mo threw him onto the track. What a cry baby. He should be embarrassed about acting that way.

Moh was already going down (because of Avila's shoulder check) when he grabbed the jersey. Avila has nobody to blame but himself. If he didn't want a physical first 50m, he shouldn't have thrown those elbows on the startline.

Avila tried to "give 5" a few minutes after the fall to Ahmed while the race was still happening but Ahmed wasn't having it.

Mo got bounced at the start between Avila and Blonde guy. Impossible to tell whose fault. Normally that would be the end of it.

Mo then clearly deviates from his line —hard— into Avila and Avila rightly defends his space. Mo then collars Avila around the neck (this is the most aggressive in-race exploit I have ever seen in 30 years of track) and pulls him to the track.

Ahmed was the one who did not hold his line.

I thought we’d see fisticuffs when they got up.

pizza on a bagel wrote:

Mo got bounced at the start between Avila and Blonde guy. Impossible to tell whose fault. Normally that would be the end of it.

Mo then clearly deviates from his line —hard— into Avila and Avila rightly defends his space. Mo then collars Avila around the neck (this is the most aggressive in-race exploit I have ever seen in 30 years of track) and pulls him to the track.

Ahmed was the one who did not hold his line.

I thought we’d see fisticuffs when they got up.

Moh doesn't actually deviate from his line at all. In fact he's trying hard to stay within his space after being pushed over by Avila. Then, Avila tries to cut in AGAIN by shoving Ahmed. Then, down he goes, and he drags Avila with him. An eye for an eye.

I was going to chastise you drama queens, but it was pretty bad for all around there from the first steps. Moh did in the end pull Avila down after losing his balance.

xczvzxcv wrote:

I was going to chastise you drama queens, but it was pretty bad for all around there from the first steps. Moh did in the end pull Avila down after losing his balance.

I'm not sure why people aren't acknowledging that Avila knocked Ahmed over. Yes, Ahmed grabbed ahold of his shirt, but he was going down anyway.

I don't blame him for doing it.

Wonder if an argument concerning the current state of affairs in the Middle East spilled over onto the track?

LOL perhaps.

Ok I have a scorching hot take here.

The whole thing was Centros fault.

Watch it closely. Maybe in deference to his teammate Marc Scott he basically start directly in Wynne’s space and starts the whole chain reaction. Wynne bumps Mo hard, Mo is smaller so he careens into Avila and then tempers flare. If Centro lines up normally this whole thing doesn’t happen.