Ok, if there was a DQ in the men's 800, the has to be one in the women's 1500 - Bye Bye Mary Cain?

If Uceny was hit from behind, whoever did it must be sanctioned. It simply must NOT be acceptable to make contact IN ANY WAY with another runner from behind who is running properly. Not from behind. Not even a little bit. It's either a sport of tactics and positioning or it isn't. No grey area here. Runners simply have to GIVE THE OTHER COMPETITORS ROOM or be disqualified.

Once again, a great runner has put the time in to get into amazing shape only to get taken out by someone from behind. It would be beyond classy for whoever caused Morgan to fall to come forward and call the foul on themselves.

Give it up already wrote:

So just say it already wrote:

So what you are saying is that whoever was BEHIND Uceny was involved with the fall, and since Cain was BESIDE Uceny, it could not have been Cain.

Cain was in front of Uceny prior to her fall and clearly did not violate any rule. If you believe she did please cite the rule.

The obsession with bashing NOP or inferring something evil even when there's not the remotest bit of evidence is really getting old these boards

I am agreeing with you, Cain is not at fault. Sorry if that did not come through.

Uceny needs to move to marathon, she obviously can't handle any sort of contact

I have not seen the race but I do not get why people are saying this. I thought in the other two races someone fell right in front of her. I do not think it had to do with her back kick. It may be true that she should just go to the front and stay out of trouble like Centro often does. That could help.

Torsion wrote:

Was actually thinking Uceny could win, but when she fell I just shook my head. It could be just coincidence but most likely it's just her own poor technique.

Did anyone else think that Uceny was running a bit too far to the left? Like rather than being in the second half of lane 1, she was squeezing in to the middle 50%. That may explain how she got clipped, if she was drifting back and forth to in the lane 1.

Either way, at first glance it looked like she positioned herself oddly. She may need to take a class on 1500m running tactics.

Uceny clearly fell on her own! If you look closely I'm thinking "conspiracy" on Uceny attempting to get CAIN DQ'd probably being paid under the table to set it up?

DaveW wrote:

This is about people who can no longer get attention for themselves, so they will do everything they can to see that others don't get attention as well.

DaveW seems to be saying that Uceny takes the dive in big telivised finals in order to make her (and not the winner of the race) the biggest news.

I almost hesitate to say it, but I don't disagree. She was big news on the TV and has anyone counted how many threads she generated here? How many did Jenny's win generate? The win by the favorite was somewhat unremarkable, all the talk is about yet another fall. Attention grab: Success!!

As far as DaveW trying to make this about Cains resume, place in history, etc. That's not what this thread and the othetr 5 Uceny threads is about. You said it yourself. Divert attentio, diminish such for everyonne else

help refresh memory of her 3 big falls.

I believe she once tripped over runner that fell ahead of her, twice was taken out from behind.

None of these were her fault or due to bad form/technique.

Tactically she tends to run in a good position in 2nd or 3rd just outside the shoulder of the leader(s). Maybe best for avoiding being boxed in and trapped in the pack, but it may expose her to all sorts of people trying to make moves to the front from the back of the pack, and runner up on her from behind.

This year she seemed to put her self up there near the front a bunch and in position to win. She then would fade in a lot of races but recently seemed to be holding on and placing better. (as her fitness improved?) She runs with confidence and her tactics suggest she felt she should be in the race and try to win. Based on past successes, how can anyone fault her for that?

Hoping there was no injury from the fall.

She does not need to change technique or races. Just needs to get back out there and I hope she does well later in the summer.

Is D*** W the most annoying, off-topic poster on these boards?

I really thought Uceny had a shot pre-race. Very unfortunate.

Who cares, she went down, she has gone down before, it happens, she is prone to it happening, nothing looked like it was due to obviously poor running tactics from others such as during the indoor championships.

Move on, but don't let Rojo make a false story about this race as if it was real and actually of some importance. I'm sure the next time he interviews Cain he will ask if she thought she tripped her competitor and should be stripped of her medal as a result.

@ 2:19.4 looks like Ucency left leg on the back kick maybe brushes up against Mcgee hip but for sure her foot lands on Mcgees foot and she goes down. Megee was pretty close but it didn't seem to be any previous contact before the fall

You know, Hasay had Gabe literally run up the back of her and she didn't fall. Again pretty incidental and Ucency goes down. At least she got back and finished. Got to be as much mental now as working in tight space.

PhyMech...did you watch the first 150 meters of the women's 800 meter run, if you did? How many runners should of been DQ (watch towards the back)? A couple of runners were kicked worst the Morgan but didn't go down. Sometime is wrong with Morgan formed??what I don't know!..but enforcing pitty rules won't help her from falling in the future!

http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&do=videos&video_id=120690

Recap up of fall:

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2014/06/jenny-simpson-mary-cain-talk-morgan-uceny-falling/

LetRun does not agree with the video evidence that was already clear from anyone who saw the race. The LR take is that Alberto stuck his head inside of a tent and said do not DQ Cain for her immaculate trip and this is the only reason she will retain her medal.

Her nickname should be " MONDO "

At 6:29 of http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&do=videos&video_id=120718 that shows the fall from the front, Cain is clearly too far away from Uceny to have been a factor.

No, I'm talking about this website not Uceny, or are you autistic ... and if you are I apologize?

I don't see any thread on this site about Cain's place in history .... strange don't you think?

DaveW seems to be saying that Uceny takes the dive in big telivised finals in order to make her (and not the winner of the race) the biggest news.

I almost hesitate to say it, but I don't disagree. She was big news on the TV and has anyone counted how many threads she generated here? How many did Jenny's win generate?

Folks, please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks it's obvious that this can only be rojo posting under a different name.

Only rojo equates how much attention an athlete gets, or wants, with that person's Letsrun.com forum. It's classic projection: This place is rojo's entire life, so he wrongly projects his own outlook on other people's.

The "writing" style is also a dead giveaway.

It really all fits. The real reason the Johnsons won't upgrade to required forum registration is because they treasure their own ad hoc trolling too much. And how frigging sad is that?

There is no way she will run a different distance every, she's stubborn, she hardly ran XC in HS and picked a college she didn't have to run it at and still able to run track. My take is the falls are karma for being stupid and a little lazy. Most other 1500 runners do some other races and try to get as fast of 5k's as they can as they know strength helps. Morgan not so much. Never liked her much.