JENNY SIMPSON WINS DIAMOND LEAGUE - Dives over finish line, beats Rowbury by .01!

Okay now it's 3:59.92 with Rowbury .01s back... very tight race up front, wow, top two places are Americans under 4 minutes, Hassan back in fourth, Jenny picks up $10k for win, $40k for league, and a ton of endorsements

^^ Are you kidding me?? Simpson was the one who tripped her across the finish line. Stop hating on NOP for 1 second and actually watch the race

road rashed wrote:

Rowbury's move was classless and she should be DQ'd. Or at least tested for Centro sauce.

Classless? She took the rail and Simpson drifted over to cut her off. I don't see fault with Rowbury.

Who cares about the crash?!@ It doesn't matter!

No one pushed or blocked or cut anyone else off. They were racing for the win.

Why do some people have to analyze and find fault when anything exciting happens in T&F? Get a life.

3:59.94 TO TAKE THE FINAL, HASSAN FADED AND ROWBURY MOVED ALL THE WAY TO SECOND OMG

Results and photo added

Results:

Final

Pl. Athlete Nat. Birth Result

1. Jenny SIMPSON USA 86 3:59.92

2. Shannon ROWBURY USA 84 3:59.93

3. Viola Jelagat KIBIWOT KEN 83 4:00.46

4. Sifan HASSAN NED 93 4:00.72

5. Meraf BAHTA SWE 89 4:01.34

6. Brenda MARTINEZ USA 87 4:01.36

7. Mimi BELETE BRN 88 4:01.63

8. Abeba AREGAWI SWE 90 4:03.40

9. Hellen OBIRI KEN 89 4:04.75

10. Federica DEL BUONO ITA 94 4:06.80

11. Eunice Jepkoech SUM KEN 88 4:10.22

12. Maryam Yusuf JAMAL BRN 84 4:18.10

- Irene JELAGAT KEN 88 DNF

- Phoebe WRIGHT USA 88 DNF

Photo of dive at finish

some perspective wrote:

No one pushed or blocked or cut anyone else off. They were racing for the win.

Why do some people have to analyze and find fault when anything exciting happens in T&F? Get a life.

+1

Great race and effort by both.

jenny was on the outside of lane 1 to force out hassan, leaving a small space on the rail. they tangled arms, maybe jenny stumbled into the rail a little (maybe) and they tripped each other up

racing incident - no rule break

Results:

Final

Pl. Athlete Nat. Birth Result

1. Jenny SIMPSON USA 86 3:59.92

2. Shannon ROWBURY USA 84 3:59.93

3. Viola Jelagat KIBIWOT KEN 83 4:00.46

4. Sifan HASSAN NED 93 4:00.72

5. Meraf BAHTA SWE 89 4:01.34

6. Brenda MARTINEZ USA 87 4:01.36

7. Mimi BELETE BRN 88 4:01.63

8. Abeba AREGAWI SWE 90 4:03.40

9. Hellen OBIRI KEN 89 4:04.75

10. Federica DEL BUONO ITA 94 4:06.80

11. Eunice Jepkoech SUM KEN 88 4:10.22

12. Maryam Yusuf JAMAL BRN 84 4:18.10

- Irene JELAGAT KEN 88 DNF

- Phoebe WRIGHT USA 88 DNF

Photo of dive at finish here:

http://www.letsrun.com/?attachment_id=52053

INCREDIBLE efforts by both. Diving thru the line. Hard to top that kind of drama in a race for a USA fan.

The contrast between the two is interesting. Jenny stays this nice happy girl thru the race. Beautiful Rowbury takes on this terminator persona. lol

What a race. Simpson went out hard. Hassan came up on her shoulder and was right there with 100 to go but Simpson pulled away only to have Rowbury come up on her inside.

Both Americans went sprawling to the track. The race has only been finished for 10 minutes and people already are arguing for a DQ - but NOP fans think Simpson deserves the DQ, others say Rowbury.

What drama.

Results below.

RANK ATHLETE NATION RESULT

1 SIMPSON Jennifer USA 03:59.92

2 ROWBURY Shannon USA 03:59.93

3 KIBIWOT Viola Jelagat KEN 04:00.46 SB

4 HASSAN Sifan NED 04:00.72

5 BAHTA Meraf SWE 04:01.34 PB

6 MARTINEZ Brenda USA 04:01.36 SB

7 BELETE Mimi BRN 04:01.63

8 AREGAWI Abeba SWE 04:03.40

9 OBIRI Hellen KEN 04:04.75

10 DEL BUONO Federica ITA 04:06.80 PB

11 SUM Eunice Jepkoech KEN 04:10.22

12 JAMAL Maryam Yusuf BRN 04:18.10

JELAGAT Irene KEN DNF

WRIGHT Phoebe USA DNF

Splits.

400mWRIGHT, Phoebe (USA)1:02.87

800mJELAGAT, Irene (KEN)2:07.95

1200mSIMPSON, Jennifer (USA)3:12.21

LetsRun.com wrote:

What a race. Simpson went out hard. Hassan came up on her shoulder and was right there with 100 to go but Simpson pulled away only to have Rowbury come up on her inside.

Both Americans went sprawling to the track.

Rowbury's faceplant was very close to the concrete rail. I hope she is okay.

What a race. Good description. Wow. That was fun.

That was a great race.

I find it funny how no one complains that Sifan HASSAN or Abeba AREGAWI can't hold it together, can't race the big races, or are so inconsistent. That criticism is only levelled at American runners.

Also, someone should complain about Genzebe Dibaba dodging the Americans and being a hero at nothing indoor races yet not showing up for the Diamond League final.

Sciatica Road wrote:

LetsRun.com wrote:

What a race. Simpson went out hard. Hassan came up on her shoulder and was right there with 100 to go but Simpson pulled away only to have Rowbury come up on her inside.

Both Americans went sprawling to the track.

Rowbury's faceplant was very close to the concrete rail. I hope she is okay.

What a race. Good description. Wow. That was fun.

Yes, she is going to be feeling that for awhile. She is tiny and those rails do not forgive. Jenny is going to be feeling a few affects too but she didn't have to contend with the rail.

Brenda Martinez in 4:01.36. Three American women under 4:02. Is that the fastest three times in one race for Americans? Or did Suzy Hamilton/Regina Jacobs/someone else do that?

Well we had 4 under 4:02 last year in Monaco

Simpson wins in 4:00.48

B-Mart 3rd in 4:00.93

Rowbury 4th in 4:01.28

Grunewald (then Gabriele Anderson) 5th in 4:01.48

https://twitter.com/ShannonRowbury/media

been around ya' know wrote:

Sciatica Road wrote:

Rowbury's faceplant was very close to the concrete rail. I hope she is okay.

What a race. Good description. Wow. That was fun.

Yes, she is going to be feeling that for awhile. She is tiny and those rails do not forgive. Jenny is going to be feeling a few affects too but she didn't have to contend with the rail.

https://twitter.com/ShannonRowbury/status/505067239028973568/photo/1

Another thriller. Another gutty performance by Jen. Talk about earning it. She did get away with a little arm hook on Row. Too inclusive to DQ, but definitely a factor.

If intentional it was a crafty move to make it look unintentional.