HASAY GOT ROBBED

rovvie bobby wrote:

Grunewald needs to join the American football team if she wants to run like that. You just can't take two people out in one swoop like she did. Plus she ran dirty throughout the race. Ridiculous.

Not the point.

The point is that there is a procedure for OFFICIALS ON THE FIELD OF PLAY to deal with this, including protests and appeals. That procedure was basically thrown out the window when Alberto didn't like the results.

A new rule book was written today. If you can bully an appeal of the appeal of the protest, the actual officials' decision doesn't count.

Armchair officials here want a foul called on behalf of their favorite runner who failed to perform as well as they wanted her to. When they don't get what they want they then start to pontificate the rules as if they know something more than those who officiated the event. Next, they begin the process of tearing down the other athletes character and make up stories of hearsay which is nothing more than fabricated lies. Unfortunately for you, your opinion doesn't change the outcome which was the way it should have been and the way the officials at the meet judged the event. Typical LR rants.

Kut Off wrote:

Parental Advisory wrote: ...first trying to get by Hasay on the inside. Jordan moves inboard with the turn and Gabe is cut off or runs up, kind of ambiguous, but she moves around Hasay and sprints down the back straight...

Did Jordan move in to cut Gabe off?

No. Hasay moved to the outside of the lane looking to pass the runner ahead. She realized she didn't have enough oomph, and moved back to the inside of the lane, not realizing that Grunewald had closed on her and Hasay didn't have the clearance for the move.

Hasay instigated the contact. Incidental and not a DQ for either runner. Unless Nike says so.

Agreed. I was watching a live feed. Jordan gets clipped, I'm OHHH! Ok they both are ok..Get back in it Jordan..Go get back in it Jordan. Jordan get BACK IN IT! So I went back viewed all her races and Training videos. I think she was trying only to hold the gait she was at. She was all in. IMHO.

It was definitely ridiculous that GG ran into the back of both Hasay and Rowbury (although I'm not sure if there was any real contact with Rowbury, it looked more like GG just had to stumble because she was about to hit Rowbury). I don't know how you run into the back of two people in a row, its like she was just expecting to tuck behind them both times and was surprised she actually got around them.

Normally you swing wide when passing people, really bizarre she didn't do that.

That said, this DQ is insanely stupid and it really needs to get overturned. While I'm sure Hasay lost some momentum from it she had no chance at making world's at that point. Hell, GG lost momentum twice as she came up on both runners but still blasted away. Hasay was just dying, or at least had nothing left to kick with.

Also, after watching the video several times, it was definitely GG's fault that she ran into Hasay, although since it just caused a stumble, its not like Hasay was knocked down, there is absolutely no grounds for a DQ. Hasay was on the outside of the lane but GG was way to close, GG was inside of Hasay's stride, so when the turn started Hasay naturally moved in a little to so as not to run extra on the turn, and there she ran into GG way too close to her. At that point GG realized she had to actually go around Hasay to pass her, not sure why she didn't think of that before running up on Hasay's stride. So yeah GG's fault, she was running a bit wild on that last lap, but it didn't affect the results at all so Salazar is awful for protesting and the officials are awful for letting him pressure them into DQing the rightful winner.

rojo, that it the stupidest parallel you are trying to draw. getting tripped up in track is like getting your finger broken in basketball. it might be a little thing but the rest of your competition is ruined. yes, grunwald most likely would have won the race even if she moved out to lane 6 and ran the last lap completely clear of rowbury and hasay. but she didn't, she made contact with rowbury and hasay so she should have been DQ'd. it doesn't matter if it was intentional or now. if I accidentally killed a kid in a car wreck the kid is still dead and I will have to face the consequences, it doesn't matter if the kid has cancer and was going to die in 5 hours. all that matters if I killed the kid. same thing with grunwald, maybe hasay was going to die like a dog on her own on her last lap, but grunwald happened to trip her up before hand and now hasay was robbed. letsrun is becoming more and more like 4chan.

I just don't get why gabe keeps trying to go through people? If I did that in any other racing sport, fault would not be a question.

get off the boards all.Go home epo man