Will Ben Blankenship get DQd?

Ben Blankenship killed harambe

Bush league protest by Manzano. He got solidly beat, and doesn't deserve to be on the team. End of story.

I thought Avila elbowed BB in the ribs and BB punched him in retaliation. Anybody else see it that way?

bb is literally hitler

molespookes wrote:

If anyone was going to get dq'd it would be Avila. And it was so early in the race no one cared.

All the rest was normal racing.

Winding up and shoving someone about as hard as one can, for retaliation, in the back because you got cut off is "normal racing." ??

No. Still maybe not a DQ if he made it look like he was just trying to push Avial forward so he wouldn't fall himself, but....that isn't what happened. What HAPPENED was: BB got caught off and bumped said "F U A-hole, suck on this" (or at least thought it) and wound up and very aggressively shoved Avila. Didn't change the outcome of the race, but.......pretty sure you are not allowed to shove someone as hard as you can in a race 'cause your mad.

Tyrone ReXXXing wrote:

molespookes wrote:

If anyone was going to get dq'd it would be Avila. And it was so early in the race no one cared.

All the rest was normal racing.

Winding up and shoving someone about as hard as one can, for retaliation, in the back because you got cut off is "normal racing." ??

No. Still maybe not a DQ if he made it look like he was just trying to push Avial forward so he wouldn't fall himself, but....that isn't what happened. What HAPPENED was: BB got caught off and bumped said "F U A-hole, suck on this" (or at least thought it) and wound up and very aggressively shoved Avila. Didn't change the outcome of the race, but.......pretty sure you are not allowed to shove someone as hard as you can in a race 'cause your mad.

incredibly soft

Is he related to Jerri Blank?

LRC Commenter wrote:

Ben Blankenship killed harambe

Not only that, but he trains in Air Harambes made out of gorilla skin.

Anyone have a video link of either supposed foul? I haven't see the race yet.

He's a nasty dude.

Runs like a scared *ussy.

Blankenship also had to drift to lane #2, to avoid getting boxed if Andrews slowed in the stretch. Of course Andrews did not fade, but you can't fault Blankenship for getting into the proper position.

Really?! wrote:

Anyone have a video link of either supposed foul? I haven't see the race yet.

Buried in the Nbc/Usatf trash bin vault.

And, he was drinking so much water during the post-race interview...trying to mask the drug test?

rojo wrote:

We saw the yellow flag come up. It happened right in front of us. It appeared that on the first or 2nd lap Blankenship pushed Avila forward and the yellow flag came up. I immediately turned to our guys and asked them what they thought and they all said, "They better not DQ him. He pushed Avila forward and helped him." It was rough racing but it was early in the race.

It will be interesitng to see what happens.

Do you guys want someone that will defend their position in the Olympic rounds/finals or do you want a sissy that'll cry and back down when some hard nosed Kenyan or Moroccan throws some elbows?? Think about that.

he wasn't defending his position he was getting emotional and losing his shit. We';re sending a sub-par team to the olympics, obviously.

Blankenship should get DQd. He was about to get passed, so he just waltzed into Leo's lane and slowed him down. Sad...

realrunnerrun200mpw wrote:

Manzano is a class act and bumping him and edging him over is unsportsmanlike, cheap, and in my opinion, it is cheating.

Maybe, but he's also not a real American according to this board. Would letsrun be in an uproar because he's Mexican, or does our outrage only extend to black non-natives?

Blankenship impedes Manzano by running from middle of lane 1 to outside of lane 2 in final 100. Blankenship on to Rio.

Shaquille Walker runs last 100 of 800 semi in outside of lane 1 and gets stepped on from behind by Engels who attempts an inside pass. Engels advances, Shaq out of final.

Shaq and Leo can commiserate. USATF consistent in their incompetence.