A decent runner wrote:
You obviously don't understand how these things work. Sometimes these lapped runners are the only athletes their country are sending to the championships and they don't have to meet the time standards that the rest have to hit just to get to the race. Given that they should make sure they are not interfering with those competing for the championship and they absolutely should be out in lane 2 and 3 when the top guys are coming around. This is the world champs not a fun run. We're not trying to make people feel good and give participant medals we're trying to find who's the best in the world.
WTF? Who the heck is "we"?
Sorry a-hole but this is a meet in which only certain runners are invited to race. Anyone invited to race is and should be given the right to finish the race to the best of their ability.
If the organizers of the WC want to change their policy on this they are entitled to do so but until then, fuck you.