Rodriguez fecked up the devil take the hindmost race at the European Team championships this year as well.
Was in last place a few k in and so was "taken" and told to get off the track but she kept on running and "won" the race only to be DQd.
Twice a season winning a race easily and then being DQd- not a good record!
Definite DQ.
Too bad Barringer didn't run this race. She would have won.
It looks to me that Burka was at fault, not Rodrigues, at least based on the video of the race that was shown.
Burka moved way out leaving plenty of room for Rodriguez to run through, which she did, then Burka tried to move back in which caused the collision. It would take a detailed look to decide, but it looks to me that Rodriguez had plenty of room to move through.
None of the women ran well, the race was as terrible as the men's 5000m. I knew the first 200 meters that the American runners would not do nearly as well as they should.
There's always doubt! She should be DQed, but officials have great trepidation doing that to someone who won the race. Let's hope stupidity and cowardice don't win out. In any case, Rowbury was very impressive--she just doesn't yet have that change of gears in the last fifty. And Wurth-Thomas ran a brave race--she got shoved around, eventually falling out to the back at the bell, but she fought very hard and finished 6/5.
jage off wrote:
Rod passed on inside, pushed and stepped on infield. No doubt she will be dq'd
jamal cross in front of shannon the final 70 meters when shannon looked to gaining....once that happen she could not regain her speed....she finished forth but if jamal doesnt get in the way shannon looked to a sure 2nd if not first
Guys, calm. The obvious reading, yours, is the right one.
Please look at my choice of words. That's why i think it is taking some time to decide.
I am not rooting for either, and i am not againt either. I am just looking at remote possibilities. If only to establish that Rodriguez was not a bitch.
If Rodriguez had timed better her move maybe Burka trying to control Jamal would have given her some extra "legitimate" space to make her move.
In a very "nervous" race, Rodriguez misfired leading to DQ.
Best in action terms so far in the C'ships for sure.
She won!, She was not DQed
23 August 2009 - 17:00Position Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 312 Natalia Rodríguez ESP 4:03.36 (SB)
2 184 Maryam Yusuf Jamal BRN 4:03.74
3 385 Lisa Dobriskey GBR 4:03.75
4 1023 Shannon Rowbury USA 4:04.18
5 305 Nuria Fernández ESP 4:04.91
6 1041 Christin Wurth-Thomas USA 4:05.21
7 1038 Anna Willard USA 4:06.19
8 706 Lidia Chojecka POL 4:07.17
9 788 Natalya Evdokimova RUS 4:07.71
10 331 Kalkidan Gezahegne ETH 4:08.81
11 326 Gelete Burka ETH 4:11.21
630 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli MAR DNS
Spaniard Dq offical
as i said, more than one reading possible.
If Burka had been on the inside, the race might have had a clearer outcome.
Defend your position but leave no holes.
Rowbury bronze!! Good for her.
just on the net ... the DQ happened.
justice is served with the DQ. She would have gotten a medal
anyway. Too bad for the spanish Senorita.
1 184 Maryam Yusuf Jamal BRN 4:03.74
2 385 Lisa Dobriskey GBR 4:03.75
3 1023 Shannon Rowbury USA 4:04.18
4 305 Nuria Fernández ESP 4:04.91
5 1041 Christin Wurth-Thomas USA 4:05.21
6 1038 Anna Willard USA 4:06.19
7 706 Lidia Chojecka POL 4:07.17
8 788 Natalya Evdokimova RUS 4:07.71
9 331 Kalkidan Gezahegne ETH 4:08.81
10 326 Gelete Burka ETH 4:11.21
312 Natalia Rodríguez ESP DQ
630 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli MAR DNS
Spain can appeal.
I like gutsy races but hate bureaucracy of appeals.
Right now real happey for Rowbury!
Am i seeing right?
Burka is hitting both Rodriguez and Jamal with her arms spread out??
Am i seeing right?
Did Spain appeal?
Is the infield foot the only reason why she was disqualified by very strict judges (just like they were for US relay??)
I hope Spain has appealed and the matter is resolved fairly in favor of Rodriquez.
Your observation is dead on imo after watching it about 15 times.
Too bad Worth-Thomas didn't give her earlier strategy in rounds and earlier European big meets one more shot in this typical no guts "tactical" final. She definitely would not have finished any worse than she did.
ich bin ein Berliner wrote:
Am i seeing right?
Burka is hitting both Rodriguez and Jamal with her arms spread out??
Am i seeing right?
Did Spain appeal?
Is the infield foot the only reason why she was disqualified by very strict judges (just like they were for US relay??)
Looks to me like Burka is already starting to fall when she throws her arms out. It is questionable but the initial contact was from Rodriguez, probably clipping the leg or the foot. There was NOT enough room to pass on the inside. There was enough room to slide up on the rail but not enough to get through. If Burka had slid back and impeded the Spaniard she could have been DQed but it appears that she held her position until the fall.
I'll have to watch it again when universalsports.com puts the session up on 'Watch on Demand' but when I first saw the replay, sure looked like Burka was running on the outside of lane one with plenty of room on the rail. When Rodriguez began to pass on the inside, Burka puts her arms out striking both Rodriquez and Jamal.
I just don't believe it is as clear cut as many seem to believe.