Seriously, what was that dude thinking?? Standing in lane 1 while a DMR race is going on, focusing on his jump and not getting out of the way. Ended up bumping two of the runners and then had the nerve to get mad at them. If you haven’t seen it, watch it
woah yeah that was a sh*tty thing to do. what a tool.
" That tool " cleared 19-8.25 and is probably the highest ranked world athlete in the entire meet.
Who cares what he cleared if there a race going on the track then stay off the f***king track
fghh wrote:
" That tool " cleared 19-8.25 and is probably the highest ranked world athlete in the entire meet.
Poverty event, no prestige + never going to beat Mondo
Disqualified? He was the star of the night. Certainly on the men's side.
And by far the best interviews. He confirmed something that looked more and more apparent recently, that in terms of run up speed he's second in the world only to Duplantis.
The guy cleared 6 meters. That's the gold standard in the event. That's what he is so thrilled about. Why the hell are we referencing some contrived 19 blah blah blah. I appreciate that on the NCAA website they are listing the jumps and vaults in meters.
Who cares what he cleared wrote:
Who cares what he cleared if there a race going on the track then stay off the f***king track
Nobody cares about a distance race, but thousands will watch a pole vaulter. It's actually on the track official for starting rhe race. The guy has 2 minutes to jump and that is his space.
fghh wrote:
" That tool " cleared 19-8.25 and is probably the highest ranked world athlete in the entire meet.
Hi Sondre! Congrats! Stay off the track though!
don\'t care at all wrote:
Poverty event, no prestige + never going to beat Mondo
It might be a “poverty event,” as you say, but pole vaulters are probably the best overall athletes in T&F outside of decathletes.
I would like to see a video of it. At what point in the DMR did it occur? If it happened like the OP said, he’s definitely a tool bag.
fghh wrote:
" That tool " cleared 19-8.25 and is probably the highest ranked world athlete in the entire meet.
So, he’s been around the sport long enough to understand he needs to have awareness of the track during a track meet.
fghh wrote:
" That tool " cleared 19-8.25 and is probably the highest ranked world athlete in the entire meet.
He’s done more than any of the distance dweebs who dodged him can hope to achieve.
Talent doesn’t bestow the right to act like a privileged jerk.
fghh wrote:
" That tool " cleared 19-8.25 and is probably the highest ranked world athlete in the entire meet.
Talent doesn’t bestow the right to act like a privileged jerk.
Reluctant Dave wrote:
He’s done more than any of the distance dweebs who dodged him can hope to achieve.
He's still a tool.
I agree that he should have been DQ'd.
You could argue (poorly) that the runners should be dq'ed, as both the runners and the vaulters had priority on that strip of track, and the runners initiated contact.
How does meet management avoid an issue like this? The PV runway intentionally blends into the track, so that they can use the extended length. Once the prior person vaults, you have 2 minutes to jump. So, if all the vaulters use long run-ups, then there is pretty much always going to be someone standing on the track getting ready to jump. Some people might like to stand at their tape for a minute before going, in order to get in the right headspace. If that is part of the pole vault runway and they are on the clock, how are you going to tell them to move just because the starting official blew the gun even though the prior event was not finished.
cuivguihgyihh wrote:
You could argue (poorly) that the runners should be dq'ed, as both the runners and the vaulters had priority on that strip of track, and the runners initiated contact.
How does meet management avoid an issue like this? The PV runway intentionally blends into the track, so that they can use the extended length. Once the prior person vaults, you have 2 minutes to jump. So, if all the vaulters use long run-ups, then there is pretty much always going to be someone standing on the track getting ready to jump. Some people might like to stand at their tape for a minute before going, in order to get in the right headspace. If that is part of the pole vault runway and they are on the clock, how are you going to tell them to move just because the starting official blew the gun even though the prior event was not finished.
Yea this is more on the meet officials than anyone else.
Alan
cuivguihgyihh wrote:
You could argue (poorly) that the runners should be dq'ed, as both the runners and the vaulters had priority on that strip of track, and the runners initiated contact.
How does meet management avoid an issue like this? The PV runway intentionally blends into the track, so that they can use the extended length. Once the prior person vaults, you have 2 minutes to jump. So, if all the vaulters use long run-ups, then there is pretty much always going to be someone standing on the track getting ready to jump. Some people might like to stand at their tape for a minute before going, in order to get in the right headspace. If that is part of the pole vault runway and they are on the clock, how are you going to tell them to move just because the starting official blew the gun even though the prior event was not finished.
You solve this problem by not running concurrent events. But each event have the spotlight for its own time.
Video?
Did you guys see his reaction? He looked pissed/put out. Dude, it was your fault. Stay off the damn track