Ugly crash! Girl drops the tape & is run over at the finish of the NBN 400 meters. All 4 runners down.

Jimmy_Crackhorn wrote:

Honestly? Wtf was that girl doing. Seriously. She shouldn't be going to college

Look more closely. The other girl completely pulls it out of her hands.

I thought finishing tapes went out in the 1960s why do they still have them at some meets?

what the? wrote:

I thought finishing tapes went out in the 1960s why do they still have them at some meets?

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what the? wrote:

Why would they have a tape at the end of the race? Crazy. It wasn't her fault anyway, the tape was too short, but why would they even have a tape in 2015? Stupid, just stupid.

Duh. Stupid comment.

Millrose does tape. Pre does tape.

It's a stupid idea. That was an accident waiting to happen.

Funniest thing I've seen all day, Good commentary too

Can't help but feel a bit nauseous watching the girls left arm as she bangs onto the floor. Ducking hell that must have hurt, surely she broke it

Not Cool Bro wrote:

I don't mean to change the topic (that was an awesome crash), but can we stop a second and talk about the commentating? Oh my God that was f'ing horrible. I know it's milesplit and they're owned by flotrack and they're known for that sort of thing, but come on. It sounded like a couple high school freshman got their hands on a microphone and wanted to hear themselves talk and trying to out-shout the other one. Extremely immature. The flotrack group at pro/college meets do better than that I think.

I thought it was ok, not great but pretty good.

Do you expect DL level type commentating at H.S. championship?

Is this the american mentality?

"It wasn't her fault, why do they have a finishing tape?"

'Cos it's cool, that's why.

And also tradition.

It was a roll of tape. Second girl was backing up while unrolling the tape, she pulled the tape out of the other girl's hands.

It is tradition because it provides a way of determining which runner hits the tape first. Finish tapes were invented before cameras were.

Are u blind? wrote:

It was a roll of tape. Second girl was backing up while unrolling the tape, she pulled the tape out of the other girl's hands.

So what's your point?

I'd say it was a solid 4 feet of lateral distance in the air that the girl flew from the spot where her feet left the ground to where her elbow/hip hit the ground. Didn't get very high up though, maybe just a few feet up.

It amazes me just how many people screw up the tape-holding at running events. Mostly outdoor stuff that I attend. Either the two people are caught off guard and are way to late, or one or both people forget to let go (assuming it's not a velcro break-away tape) or they hold it up two high or too low. I cringe every time.

Also, for the woman with exposed torsos, how do they not get a giant papercut when it slides across their stomachs??? eeeech.

Jimmy_Crackhorn wrote:

Honestly? Wtf was that girl doing. Seriously. She shouldn't be going to college

She dropped the tape. It happens. I'm sure she just didn't realize how quickly they were coming at her.

However, I don't think they need to use a winner's tape in track. There are usually more than one person vying for first and oftentimes runners with more laps to run. Stationary people standing on the track just invites problems.

Trollus Maximus wrote:

Why was she so close to the finish?

Someone was probably yelling for her to forget about the tape, but clearly she's ESL.

She probably won't make that mistake again anytime soon:)

The girl's 400 was a great race with a photo finish (3 across), also ending in a crash.

http://www.milesplit.com/videos/78189

That girl's race was awesome!

Better link to crash from OP:

http://www.milesplit.com/videos/78026

It's a stupid idea for a race like that. Given the nature of indoor 400m running, you have no idea which lane the runners are going to be finishing in given the narrowness of the track and the possibility of a close finish.

Coupled with the speed of the athletes, compared with say a 2 mile race or something.