Grant Fisher has a beautiful metronome running form which is great for front running time trials but horrible for tactical championship sprint finishes.
No, the incident is obscured in that video. The video below has a much better view of what happened. He stepped on the rail trying to maintain position behind but inside Krop when Krop closed the gap. Fisher should have backed off like Ingebrigtsen did in the 1500 when Wightman similarly closed in on Ingebrigtsen with 200 to go in that race. Mo has nothing to do with the causing the incident - he had to dodge around Fisher, so he was affected negatively.
Here's a video of the race. Watch starting at 14:50. It zooms in & out, but you can still see it normally (2X actually).
Cannot see if contact. But imo, the only way Fisher would've tripped up, is by getting clipped by Mo. Didn't look like he ran unforced into the rail- which is very hard to believe anyway.
No, the incident is obscured in that video. The video below has a much better view of what happened. He stepped on the rail trying to maintain position behind but inside Krop when Krop closed the gap. Fisher should have backed off like Ingebrigtsen did in the 1500 when Wightman similarly closed in on Ingebrigtsen with 200 to go in that race. Mo has nothing to do with the causing the incident - he had to dodge around Fisher, so he was affected negatively.
Just watched it slow-motion on Youtube. He tried to come inside of Krop to pass him and didn't have the room. Either Krop was also moving in towards the rail or he intentionally tried to cut off Fisher from moving in which isn't illegal. Wrong move by Fisher. Only if he waited until the straight away as the space opened up.
Krop was on Jakob's shoulder in lane 2 a stride + 1/2 in front of Fisher who was running great, absolutely not "going backward". Then Krop drops backward and in on top of Grant's feet. I don't know what the rules are to say there should be a DQ, but it's damn unlucky for Fisher. If Krop drops back but stays in lane 2ish he blocks for Fisher if needed , Fisher passes him clean and medals. The only reason Mo got up on Fisher is that Krop made Fisher slow down, break his stride, and possibly eat the rail.
Krop was on Jakob's shoulder in lane 2 a stride + 1/2 in front of Fisher who was running great, absolutely not "going backward". Then Krop drops backward and in on top of Grant's feet. I don't know what the rules are to say there should be a DQ, but it's damn unlucky for Fisher. If Krop drops back but stays in lane 2ish he blocks for Fisher if needed , Fisher passes him clean and medals. The only reason Mo got up on Fisher is that Krop made Fisher slow down, break his stride, and possibly eat the rail.
You clearly did not watch the video posted above. Nothing made Fisher hit the rail other than Fisher.
Yeah this video has it pretty clear. It was racing and Fisher didn’t slow appropriately after a runner went slightly inside. Definitely nothing egregious from Krop, these slight cut-ins are something we see every race. Wightman did it in the 15 yes.
GF is free to file an appeal. Or he can let it go, move on and mug 'em next time...the way Cheptegei did at WC 2017 when he initially wanted to formally protest Farah's gold after Mo stepped on the wrong side of the rail (twice).
GF is free to file an appeal. Or he can let it go, move on and mug 'em next time...the way Cheptegei did at WC 2017 when he initially wanted to formally protest Farah's gold after Mo stepped on the wrong side of the rail (twice).
What would he appeal? He's the one that stepped on the rail for no reason. He wasnt pushed into the rail. He screwed up. Get over it.
Grant Fisher has a beautiful metronome running form which is great for front running time trials but horrible for tactical championship sprint finishes.
So does the guy that won. He just actually knows about positioning & racing.