While Sha'Carri is suspended, she is not allowed to practice with her Olympic teammates. The US team does a lot of hand-off practice between now and when Sha'Carri would be eligible to return. I'm guessing USATF does not want to risk a dropped baton on an exchange between Sha'Carri and another athlete, due to lack of practice. I believe USATF would have selected her for the relay pool if she were allowed to practice with her teammates. What do you think about this theory?
Possible, but she’s 3 whole 10ths faster than whoever else the relay will have. That’s worth more than a good handoff.
JBaller33 wrote:
Possible, but she’s 3 whole 10ths faster than whoever else the relay will have. That’s worth more than a good handoff.
Maybe, but the USA would finish top 2 no matter who they select (and still can probably win with any reasonable team also), a dropped baton = going home with nothing, despite the 2-3 tenth improvement over the USA's fourth-best.
Remember the botched China handoff that cost the team about 15 seconds?
Yeah
They’re not winning gold without Sha’carri. This basically concedes gold to Jamaica.
JBaller33 wrote:
They’re not winning gold without Sha’carri. This basically concedes gold to Jamaica.
They probably weren't going to win gold WITH sha'carri unless Jamaica had screwed up. Not having her on the team does give Jamaica some margin for error.
JBaller33 wrote:
They’re not winning gold without Sha’carri. This basically concedes gold to Jamaica.
Jamaica is probably going to break the world record. USA won't be close even with Richardson. Jamaica's times:
10.63
10.71
10.77
10.87
MatthewXCountry wrote:
While Sha'Carri is suspended, she is not allowed to practice with her Olympic teammates. The US team does a lot of hand-off practice between now and when Sha'Carri would be eligible to return. I'm guessing USATF does not want to risk a dropped baton on an exchange between Sha'Carri and another athlete, due to lack of practice. I believe USATF would have selected her for the relay pool if she were allowed to practice with her teammates. What do you think about this theory?
It's also possible that she refused the spot. That's a possibility that is being ignored. With the level of talent, hype and bravado around SR she may not want her championship debut to be on a relay squad. She'll prep for Eugene next year
I'm tired wrote:
MatthewXCountry wrote:
While Sha'Carri is suspended, she is not allowed to practice with her Olympic teammates. The US team does a lot of hand-off practice between now and when Sha'Carri would be eligible to return. I'm guessing USATF does not want to risk a dropped baton on an exchange between Sha'Carri and another athlete, due to lack of practice. I believe USATF would have selected her for the relay pool if she were allowed to practice with her teammates. What do you think about this theory?
It's also possible that she refused the spot. That's a possibility that is being ignored. With the level of talent, hype and bravado around SR she may not want her championship debut to be on a relay squad. She'll prep for Eugene next year
I was saying this when Sha'Carri tweeted about seeing everyone at Worlds next year and winning gold there. It seems like if she was going for the relay she would've been talking about Tokyo and not Eugene.
She will disappear. She would never pass another drug test.
Toilet Poster wrote:
I'm tired wrote:
It's also possible that she refused the spot. That's a possibility that is being ignored. With the level of talent, hype and bravado around SR she may not want her championship debut to be on a relay squad. She'll prep for Eugene next year
I was saying this when Sha'Carri tweeted about seeing everyone at Worlds next year and winning gold there. It seems like if she was going for the relay she would've been talking about Tokyo and not Eugene.
While possible, she did say in an interview that she would like the opportunity to be on the relay. My guess is that USATF told her about their decision before they announced it publically, and that is what triggered the tweet. The tweet also never explicitly said she wouldn't be in Tokyo (tweet would still ring true if on the relay if you reread it).
aztec the moronic wrote:
Jamaica is probably going to break the world record. USA won't be close even with Richardson. Jamaica's times:
10.63
10.71
10.77
10.87
Nothing suspicious at all on that squad. Those Jamaican yams are magical.
That and shes a druggie.
Even if the U.S. medaled, they would be disqualified because she would toke in Tokyo and get popped again.
NONE OF THE ABOVE.
ShaCarri's coach wanted her to run anchor in the 4x100 but the other coaches wanted her to run 3rd leg. A beef ensued between the coaches and Dennis Mitchell has decided to pull her entirely.
That is the reason why she is not listed as running the 4x100.
Wonder how she feels about being used as a pawn by a man.
Wyco Loco wrote:
aztec the moronic wrote:
Jamaica is probably going to break the world record. USA won't be close even with Richardson. Jamaica's times:
10.63
10.71
10.77
10.87
Nothing suspicious at all on that squad. Those Jamaican yams are magical.
That 10.63 was a malfunctioning clock. Thus you are looking at the following times for Jamaica:
10.71 Elaine Thompson
10.71 Fraser-Pryce
10.87 Jackson
11.10 Morrison
I will agree with you that Fraser-Pryce and Jackson's times are suspicious.
With Sha'carri, the USA was a lock for silver. Without Sha'carri, the US looks to be a lock for bronze. Results should be as follows:
1. Jamaica
2. UK
3. USA
Three of the UK and USA entrants are around the 11.1 mark. The UK then have Asher-Smith who is sub 11. The only sub 11 on the US side would be Gabby Thomas if she is part of the team and even so, I'm not quite sure how much under sub 11 she is.
JBaller33 wrote:
They’re not winning gold without Sha’carri. This basically concedes gold to Jamaica.
Except that it was Sha'carri's -behavior- that conceded Gold, no one else. I think the rules need to be reviewed and revised, but at the time of the rule break, every athlete was aware of the rules. It's a personal tragedy. Sad, but justly applied.
Shocked I tell you again wrote:
JBaller33 wrote:
They’re not winning gold without Sha’carri. This basically concedes gold to Jamaica.
Except that it was Sha'carri's -behavior- that conceded Gold, no one else. every athlete was aware of the rules. It's a personal tragedy. Sad, but justly applied.
Except that cannabis is not a PED and it has been effectively legalized in most of the U.S.
WADA has enough trouble fairly enforcing rules against actual PEDs. Every case is contentious, but the action against Sha'carri was perverse overreach.