to let a guy in the final having trailed off 15 seconds in the last 2 laps is a disgrace. saying he got bumped with 800 to go, boo hoo, does that not happen in every race, all the time? Christ almighty, they may as well hand Morgan Ucency the gold medal out of Jenny Simpsons arms if they are gonna persist with this ridiculous carry on of letting an athlete (who wouldnt have qualified anyway) who fell (at the 2k mark where he easily caught back up as they were doing 69 laps) to be placed in the final as a 16th man. Ucency would surely have won the world title, she beat jenny b easily in usas, so give her a gold too, its only consistent!?
Mark my Words, jake robertson will come dead last in the final, and thats a guarantee. he is not one of the best 16 athletes over 5000m in the world, has no pedigree and has never shown that he would be even capable of making the final, if his "rhythm" hadnt been disturbed by being bumped, jostled.
if he had any class he would turn down this free pass as its not fair to the sport and he definately did not deserve it. lets remind ourselves that the A standard is 13.20. He cant even do that.