canspo wrote:
Per Rojo on the Run Fan radio show, they were told a foul with 5 laps to go where Bumbalough impeded Rupp. Rojo made a good point that he believes they got Bumbalough and Hill mixed up as Hill did make a move that impeded Rupp (I wouldn't DQ him though) with just under 5 to go.
http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&mgroup_event_id=25&do=videos&video_id=105469
That was true. I assumed it was an innocent mistake but I've since been told that Salazar filed a protest.
I've watched the tape and see ZERO CONTACT zero between Bumby and Rupp. This decision therefore is WORSE than the Grunewald DQ.
This Bumby case is actually a big one in my mind now that I think about it. USATF has been allowed to be inept for years because normally their cronyism doesn't involve a race winner like Grunewald. It's a 'minor' issue that people forget out.
This is the type of USATF mistake that normally is allowed to go on for years as it's normally not a huge issue like it was with a race winner in Grunewald. It's always a case like this with Bumby who was what 5th or 7th or
someone like Heather Kampf being screwed over
https://twitter.com/HeatherRaeKampf/status/437443854342426624/photo/1or Joe Stilin being screwed over this year.
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=5263074We can't let these little things slide.
I'll have more energy tomorrow and try to get to the bottom of this.