If WADA does their job Dibaba won't be at Worlds...
If WADA does their job Dibaba won't be at Worlds...
There would still have been a chance with GG. She's powerful, aggressive, great kick and not afraid of anything. If it's a slow tactical race (common in champs) then she has a chance. Hasay has no chance regardless of the pace, her strength is 10k-marathon, she's got no power/sprint, and clearly doesn't handle traffic well.
Its not just about the attention, its not about a waste, its not about getting lapped by Dibbiba, Its about going against the unfair rules set by the Puppet of Nike, USATF. Nike may have saved the sport, but now its grip on the running world is bad. Its just not about going to Worlds at this point, its about making sure, in the future, this never happens again. Its to make sure there's less corruption in USATF, and to make NIKE think a bit differently.
Why is track a niche sport in America?
ITS BORING TO THE CAUSAL OBSERVER.
Remember the tiny bit of pushing that went on in Rupp's race and GG's race? That was freaking fun compared to watching people just run, not pushing or shoving. The Average person's thinking of running is just running a circle, doing NOTHING. Don't people get more excited at dirty play rather than fair play? Isn't football more fun when there are tackles? Why is Wrestling so popular? Violence sells. If a little bit of pushing isn't allowed, how will the sport detract from its boring, no contact sport? I'm not asking for all out hitting, punching, bones breaking, but why can't there be little pushing with out a DQ? We see it all the time on the European circuit.
Heck, theres almost always no Sh** talking going on in the sport, no drama, no nothing. Al Vs Jerry? That was amazing to hear. We Should have more of that, its more entertaining to the causal observer. Athletes s*** talking each other? WE NEED THAT AS A SPORT.
Look back at the Boy's National Footlocker race. Wasn't it fun seeing that shoving that was going on? I was cheering for Rupp in the 3k, and it was scary seeing my the guy I wanted to win being tripped up. If I showed the 3000k to a friend that doesn't care about running, he would be intrigued by the shoving.
This thing is gonna, hopefully, have an effect on the running scene. You heard Leer and Lopez talk out against USATF, and indirectly, NIKE, The Corporation that holds an iron grip over Track. Pre must be rolling around in his grave if he saw that GG doesn't get to go to worlds. Others, like Jager and Shalane, are also sponsored by Nike, THE SAME CORPORATION THAT HAD GG DQed. People are going to remember this for a while, its not something thats going to go by idly. This is Bad rep for Nike, and AMAZING rep for Brooks. Brooks, and hopefully New Balance soon, have been courageous enough to go against the Nike Overlords. From Mark wearing a Brooks headband at NXN, to giving GG the Bonus she deserved. GG had her National title taken away, along with a medal, and a spot for World indoors. Its not just about being lapped by Dibba.
She was the Best today, regardless if she has clipped or pushed, or not. Yet, she isn't getting what she deserves.
This Storm has been entertaining from the start to watch, I'm seeing, from time to time, Letsrun.com crapping out, saying it has high traffic, please refresh the page. We're seeing a tonna #freeGabe, when It just started out as #freeRiley (Which was started by either Robert or Weldon, on these forums) If you looked at #freeGabe around the time Lopez and Leer gave their interviews, you would have seen a flurry of #freeGabe post's going up on twitter.
We don't get this much traffic, even runners that aren't interested are coming here.
For the hundredth time, Its not about being lapped by Dibba, its about making the sport better, making sure stuff like this happens. If A Nike Athlete was first, but DQed, would he/she get a bonus? If they worked long and hard to win it, wouldn't you think that they deserved a bonus?
This is a sport worth fighting for. The sooner USATF leaves it's corruptions, and as soon as Nike has less of a grip on Track, the better the sport will be for everybody but the executives.
#freeGabe
Pretty sure Cain won't get lapped by anyone.
Yeah, B/c Dibby isn't running the 1500m
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Seriously, why are they fighting so hard on every side to get lapped? lol
Hasay would get lapped? Didn't she recently run 3000 meters in 8:54 en route to a 2 mile run? Meaning she could run about 8:40 or so for an all out 3k. Are you saying Dibaba is going to run 8:05?