USA DQ in mixed 4x4

NYDCRunner1 wrote:

Liberal Logics wrote:

Hollywood will make a Hidden Figures 2 movie and she will be hailed as a genius who helped the USA Team to a total medals victory in the Olympics!

The one consistent thing about you bigots is your demonstrable stupidity.

Nice buzzword. Is bigot the new racist? Go be soft somewhere else if your feelings are so hurt by a joke.

here we go again wrote:

Unbelievable! The US runner lined up OUTSIDE the zone. She was never in the zone. The arrow points to the END of the US zone.

https://ibb.co/mJh3LtS

This wasn't bright on her part but I also think the officials should have informed her to get in the right place. They can get into the exchange zone right after the start and every meet I ran had officials corralling the athletes to be in the right exchange zone.

You're pathetic. A complete imbecile

bad news bear wrote:

USA was the heavy favorite and this was a PRELIM...they didn't need to have anyone go short on the handoff.

This girl just did something extremely stupid by lining up PAST the end of the exchange zone. She was never even in the exchange zone.

How the F does this happen at any track meet, let alone in the Olympics?

Armin Tamzarian wrote:

347893 wrote:

Actually the exact opposite. The United States has far outpaced the second place nation in relay medals in Olympic history. It is literally news when the United States doesn't win gold in the 4x1 or 4x4.

Anytime the US wins a relay, it is because of some percentage of the team being dopers.

So the U.S. has been doping in the all the relays since 1896? GTFOH

I don't understand why so many people are blaming her like this is some colossal failure. If she was lined up at the wrong spot why would she think she is in the wrong?

It is unlikely that she has run any relays recently and who knows when the last time she ran 2nd leg was if ever. I'm guessing most of these athletes are used to being anchors which is a clear exchange zone.

Being on a new track on a big stage and possibly with a language barrier to ask if she thought it might be wrong, that lines up for a tough situation.

Assuming the US athlete wasn't misled by an Olympic official, I'm blaming the Team USA coaches here.

These are athletes who want to focus on running as well as they can at the biggest meet of their lives. The stress/nerves before the event cause them to naturally lose focus on the little things like where they are standing for handoffs, because they want to focus on their actual run. It's up to the coaches to tell them where to stand and to remind them if they're having a brain fart.

Coaches have held their hands throughout high school and college, so they need to do the same thing at this level, "just in case."

bridgetown wrote:

I don't understand why so many people are blaming her like this is some colossal failure. If she was lined up at the wrong spot why would she think she is in the wrong?

It is unlikely that she has run any relays recently and who knows when the last time she ran 2nd leg was if ever. I'm guessing most of these athletes are used to being anchors which is a clear exchange zone.

Being on a new track on a big stage and possibly with a language barrier to ask if she thought it might be wrong, that lines up for a tough situation.

There is only one exchange zone like this on a 4x4, so she maybe never runs 2nd leg. However, there had to be practice with the proposed relay lineup and that exchange zone should have been drilled into her head.

Another thing is that track and field needs to administer time penalties rather than give straight DQs for minor infractions. Exchange outside the relay zone? Add a second to the time. Step on the line in the 100m or hurdles? Add a tenth of a 2nd. Etc etc. yet another example of track and field cannibalizing itself over stupid, non-consequential rules.

USATF tweet - reinstated

What a joke. Rules dont applies to americans it seems. Why even have rules then

here we go again wrote:

dadoffourcs wrote:

Just saw on Twitter that the US is going to appeal being placed in the wrong exchange area.

That should be denied. There is only ONE exchange zone at the start/finish line, the one for the 4x400. There is no 4x200 relay markings on that track. I could understand if they were placed in a 4x200 zone but it is not marked on this track. They were not in ANY zone.

Well there are TWO exchange zones at the start/finish line.

One for the second and third exchanges where they would get the baton near the start/finish line.

And one for the first exchange where they would get the baton near the 800m start. (1turn stagger)

It looks like she was lined up near the 400m start, which is too far up.

She either walked up there herself or was placed in that area by the official assigned to their lane.

The optic looks way off.

This falls on Lynna Irby. She has been in tons of 4x4s in High School and at the Univ. of Georgia. She knows where the 2nd leg runner lines up at, regardless if she has never run 2nd leg. She could clearly see that she wasn't lined up correctly. Did she actually think the other7 runners were in the wrong place? In the video you can clearly see the official yelling and pointing at her that she is not lined up in the zone.

In the 4x4 you have to be lined up in the 20m zone and the baton must be passed within the zone. The rule is fine, suggesting to add a time penalty is ridiculous.

Watch the race video and interview with Irby afterwards by Lewis Johnson. Irby was clueless. WTF?

FastTuohy wrote:

https://twitter.com/usatf/status/1421134611254370309

Hoooooly sht. Did an official tell the athlete to line up incorrectly?!?

sayyestonepotism wrote:

What a joke. Rules dont applies to americans it seems. Why even have rules then

^ Stays home DEVESTATED. ^

Unbelievable.

NBC wants Felix to get a gold,

And they got their way .

Wow.

how is this possible

https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/us-mixed-4x400m-team-reinstated-after-dq-prelims

Snoach wrote:

did anyone hear the announcer refer to the middle exchange as “handing off to her double barreled compatriot”?

i hope i heard it wrong lmao

What's the issue.

I imagine they were referring to their name.

news of the world wrote:

how is this possible

https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/us-mixed-4x400m-team-reinstated-after-dq-prelims

my guess is officials placed them in the wrong zone. looked like a number of teams were scrambling back to the exchange zones at the last second. wouldn't be the first time officials have messed up. remember that steeplechase? or the shanghai 800?