Grant Fisher Himself Said Chelimo Should not be DQd - "It's just how you race"

Well there's your difference between an athlete with the mind of a champion and these letsrun losers.

Sure, I always support cheaters. Especially if one of the other athletes okays it. The heck with the rules as long as wejo and dojo and a few on letsrun think lane 4 is not flagrant.

Maybe he Q’s, but drop him to 3rd in standings and prize money please.

Grant Fisher is either an idiot or too big of a pansy to state the truth.

Chelimo broke rules by impeding Fisher and should be DQd. Any runner that drifts out to impede runners should be DQd. This is not how racing goes. Anyone that thinks that this is how people should race, should find another sport. In this sport, it is not allowed.

kiowavt wrote:

Sure, I always support cheaters. Especially if one of the other athletes okays it. The heck with the rules as long as wejo and dojo and a few on letsrun think lane 4 is not flagrant.

Maybe he Q’s, but drop him to 3rd in standings and prize money please.

Grant is just trying to be polite. He has NEVER in his life drifted from lane 1 to lane 4 at the end of a race to block another runner.

I GUARANTEE you that if that had happened in the Olympics, and it had cost one of the Bowerman guys a gold medal, Grant, Woody, and Jerry would have filed an appeal in a heartbeat.

People can flare out naturally, yes, but it seemed like Chelimo was clearly and deliberately pushing Fisher and Kincaid out to prevent them passing.

Grant gave you a political statement. He’s never been seen as a villain as opposed to Chelimo. So because Grant says one thing, it’s dogma. Ok everyone. Change the rules because Grant didn’t want to ruffle feathers with a Teammate.

He might have broken the rule, but it seemed like he was maintaining an equivalent speed with Kincaid and Fisher. Don't think the outcome would have been any different if he had drifted.

And he's right. Ton of Karens on these boards.

Lawyers, Guns, and Money wrote:

Grant Fisher is either an idiot or too big of a pansy to state the truth.

Chelimo broke rules by impeding Fisher and should be DQd. Any runner that drifts out to impede runners should be DQd. This is not how racing goes. Anyone that thinks that this is how people should race, should find another sport. In this sport, it is not allowed.

Yeah if you’re allowed to drift out then you should be allowed to clip heels and throw elbows. The dude complains about how he was getting constantly getting roughed up in the race but then is allowed to pull a move like that. If you can cut someone off then they should be allowed to throw your skinny butt out the way. Let’s make this “real racing” with roller derby rules. Which means no rules.

LetsRun posters go home DEVASTATED after their poster child Grant Fisher himself calls them out for having ice cold takes on race etiquette and strategy

LOL.

If Fisher had been pipped for third place by the runner in Lane 1, I don't think he would be singing the same tune.

Grant Fisher is a class act. He has completely lived up to the hype from when he was in HS.

There's a reason he's going to the Olympics and we are posting on LetsRun.

What lane should we draw the line. Normal it is 2 lanes. In this case it was 4. What if Chelimo went all the way to 9?

Fisher should have just held lane 3 and caused contact, but he lost the game of chicken.

The appropriate penalty would be to relegate him to 3rd. But our sport is too broken to have common sense nuanced penalties.

If it's "just how people race" I wonder why in many races runners have to stick to lanes? Is it only in distance racing that impeding and even assaulting other runners is considered by some to be fair game? Maybe it's time we turned to Ben Hur's chariot race tactics, where the winner is last man standing.

Disko Eric wrote:

Grant gave you a political statement. He’s never been seen as a villain as opposed to Chelimo. So because Grant says one thing, it’s dogma. Ok everyone. Change the rules because Grant didn’t want to ruffle feathers with a Teammate.

Donovan Brazier after he finishes last because of an injury: Nothing was wrong with me that my team and I should not have been able to handle.

LetsRun racists: Hear, Hear. Listen to the athlete when he talks about his race.

Grant Fisher after he gets beaten by Paul Chelimo: His drifting wide did not impact the result.

LetsRun racists: He doesn't have a clue what he's talking about; he's just trying to not ruffle any feathers.

Why are you even asking dumb*ss questions like that? god that's a sorry excuse of journalism

Lawyers, Guns, and Money wrote:

Grant Fisher is either an idiot or too big of a pansy to state the truth.

Chelimo broke rules by impeding Fisher and should be DQd. Any runner that drifts out to impede runners should be DQd. This is not how racing goes. Anyone that thinks that this is how people should race, should find another sport. In this sport, it is not allowed.

In this sport it was just allowed, and will continue to be allowed. We won’t miss you.

What do you think he’s going to say in front of everyone? He’s probably secretly filing a protest because it’s costing him a Trials win bonus

He should not be DQ'd. Of course not. In the end, Chelimo was being a class A jerk and Fisher was being a pushover by not holding his ground in lane 3 and just ramming shoulders with him.

They were both in the wrong in terms of the spirit of good racing.