On the previous page Saul Goodman suggests that maybe the same person is logging in under multiple screen names and posting comments claiming to have switched their support from Alison's side to Blair's after seeing seen the video.
As the creator of the thread, my input is, of course, worth exactly what you've paid for it. That said, I'd like to say that I actually belong in that camp, too. I do think they were both at fault. When I created the thread, however, my intention was to draw attention to the shockingly unchivalrous triathlete so wrapped up in his pursuit of age-group glory that he shoved (yes, I said punched in the thread title) aside a fellow (female) competitor at the finish.
Of course, I had no idea at the time that Alison's own blog post, the photos of her Pied Piper finish line swarming, the race director's claim to have seen her bruised face from the punch, would all come out. It's been an extraordinary story to follow, in no small part because when you watch the video, you realize just what a TINY story it really is. Almost nothing happened, and certainly nothing worthy of this much attention!
By the way, does anyone know if that was the real RD posting on the ST forum?