WTF Hunter Woodhall CHEATED in the NCAA

Maybe he eased off due to the lack of competition?

oldschoollrc wrote:

Maybe he eased off due to the lack of competition?

No. He filmed interviews for PRIMETIME TELEVISION prior to the race. Do you think he'd jog it in? The announcer told us to keep an eye on the world record...........

Besides, there are no other races for him before the trials.

totally unsuprising. Iv'e seen pics of him where he has rolls upon rolls and no muscle definition and been amazed he could run sub 52

zikes wrote:

He was using different blade legs for his paralympic qualification. He only ran 49.8.........He used cheaterblades in the NCAA and ran 46.22.

3 second difference. Why was he allowed to use blade legs in the NCAA that weren't even allowed in the Paralympics?

Maybe the rules are different for different governing bodies? College basketball and FIBA (thus Olympic) basketball rules are different.

Bro, go outside and touch some grass.

The NCAA does not have rules governing blades. Instead of adopting the IAAF rules they allow athletes like Woodhall and AJ Digby (D3 who completely altered what teams won and trophied at NCAAs- split 44 one year) to compete with an unfair advantage.

Everyone should be able to compete just adopt the rules that have already been researched.

The rules wrote:

The NCAA does not have rules governing blades. Instead of adopting the IAAF rules they allow athletes like Woodhall and AJ Digby (D3 who completely altered what teams won and trophied at NCAAs- split 44 one year) to compete with an unfair advantage.

Everyone should be able to compete just adopt the rules that have already been researched.

I used to think Hunter was courageous and brave to be working hard and running in college. Now I lost ALL respect for him. He was KNOWINGLY using blades that would even give him an unfair advantage against OTHER blade-runners, so a MASSIVE advantage against leg runners.

Before you publicly maligned this young man's character, did you stop to do a bit of research? Did you for a moment consider that it may be the other way around, meaning that he's actually allowed to used advance blades in para sports vs the NCAA, because no one has an advantage when they all have access to the same technology. He can only run in the NCAA with NCAA approved blade technology which does not give him any special advantages. These approvals are renewed every season before NCAA competition begins. However there is less stringent measures in the Paralympics because the issues of advantage does not exist when all athletes competing are on equal ground. Also did you even watch the race? He deliberately decelerated because his spot was clearly secured that's why he ran 49 seconds. It's quite obvious when you watch the race.

He ran a 11.1 at PVU in the 100 on old legs and ran 11.1 in the 100 with new legs. All the paraolympians are following the same rules. Please someone explain how any of this is cheating or an advantage.

It isn't cheating. The OP clearly didn't care to research before making such baseless claims. Some days I love this site but other days it seems like posters live for drama.

No blades should be allowed in able bodied races.

I'm tired wrote:

It isn't cheating. The OP clearly didn't care to research before making such baseless claims. Some days I love this site but other days it seems like posters live for drama.

Doughy white boys running 44 second 400m splits despite objectively bad acceleration phases. "Not cheating" yeah and OP is saying it should be and there should be rules for it in the spirit of fair competition.

Live your life Hunter, there will always be people who will argue that you have an advantage. I will love to see them try to walk in the shoes of para athletes

That is not what OP said or even tried to say. Had he/she said that then a fruitful discourse could be had. Instead he accused Hunter of cheating because he had different blades at the paratF trials. But the facts are actually the opposite because he can use more advanced blade technology against fellow para athletes than he's allowed to use in the NCAA. And his 400 time was slower because he obviously decelerated towards the end of the race

I'm tired wrote:

That is not what OP said or even tried to say. Had he/she said that then a fruitful discourse could be had. Instead he accused Hunter of cheating because he had different blades at the paratF trials. But the facts are actually the opposite because he can use more advanced blade technology against fellow para athletes than he's allowed to use in the NCAA. And his 400 time was slower because he obviously decelerated towards the end of the race

This is FALSE. He was CLEARLY using different blades. He's run a sub 45 split and 46 low open 400. He decelerated at the end of the due to fatigue because he was using lesser blades.

Not to mention the fact that Donovan Brazier will not be an Olympian because of a broken foot........Woodhall can never break a foot. That alone is a tremendous advantage because he can train harder than 2 leg runners and not risk lower leg injuries which are the most common injuries.

If you read my post carefully, you would realize that I never said that he didn't use different blades, he in fact did. I however refuted your supposition that the blades used at the trials are inferior or less advanced than what he uses in the NCAA, thus giving him an advantage over non para athletes. That is false. The blades he's allowed to use in para competitions are in fact more advanced because there is no concern of "advantage" against similar athletes. What he uses in the NCAA is less advanced. Also his time really had nothing to do with the blades if you looked at the race, he wasn't really trying after 200m because he was secured

zikes wrote:

He was using different blade legs for his paralympic qualification. He only ran 49.8.........He used cheaterblades in the NCAA and ran 46.22.

3 second difference. Why was he allowed to use blade legs in the NCAA that weren't even allowed in the Paralympics?

This is lazy thinking, but no surprise since many regular posters on this board prefer to post impulsively or simply copy and paste the nonsense they read in their twitter feed.

He used the equipment that was legally permitted. Now, if you want to argue why there are different rules then that might carry some weight.

Stop deleting my post and what made u come to this conclusion twat