This post was removed.
Can we talk about how idiotic it is that they had a field of 8 women in the 400m and had them run a semifinal where all 8 make the final??? Just for the sake of seeding and lane assignments (don't they already need to come in with seed times?), that's ridiculous.
ficustree wrote:
2 800m women DQed and 5 800m men DQed?! What is going on? I didn’t see anything in any of these races.
One of the 7 800m runners that were DQ'd said all of the DQ's were for stepping on the line.
Regarding Brazier, I thought it didn't matter if you stepped on the outside line as long as it doesn't impede anyone. Isn't that the rule? It's hard to see anywhere that he actually stepped on the inside line if you rewatch the race. The only place possible is turn 4 (150m mark) before the break, but you can plainly see that he doesn't touch the line. Besides, this is a USA meet. It's our meet to send our best athletes to Worlds. Why are we DQ'ing athletes on ticky-tacky infringements. Can't believe I'm saying this, but without Brazier, the US men's 4 x 4 team has little chance of even getting out of the semifinal at Worlds.
Low Mileage Runner wrote:
Can we talk about how idiotic it is that they had a field of 8 women in the 400m and had them run a semifinal where all 8 make the final??? Just for the sake of seeding and lane assignments (don't they already need to come in with seed times?), that's ridiculous.
Maybe the officials were hoping to DQ 7 of them like the did in the 800. Then there would be only 1 women left and she would automatically be the champion without having to run the final.
See? The officials were just trying to be efficient.
tanrunnningman wrote:
brazier showing as a dq in the 400 now? anyone know why?
This guy is a huge talent with a little brain. He needs a real coach. Always making dumb mistakes.
If he were on the 4 x 400 team everyone would watch waiting for the DQ.
Witnessed first hand some power tripping officials. Honestly sort of a shame one lady in the holding room was talking to athletes before the race. Very off putting.
This should say “honestly sort of a shame HOW one lady was talking to athletes in the holding room before the race”
Jakob Ingebrigtsen has a 1989 Ferrari 348 GTB and he's just put in paperwork to upgrade it
Strava thinks the London Marathon times improved 12 minutes last year thanks to supershoes
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
NAU women have no excuse - they should win it all at 2024 NCAA XC
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!