Explain to me how Felix loses because the other runner dived and she didn't?

I think they should ban diving. Include in the rules that the runner still has to be on thier feet when crossing the finish.

Trialswatcher wrote:

Felix ran within .25 of her All Time PR at almost 31, after 49.67 in semis

I am wondering what folks think she could have done here?

She's 30. Not almost 31, and btw she looked a lot younger and healthier than fit and thin 30 year olds I know, she really hasn't visually aged at all which is somewhat amazing given this sport. She was still wearing a bandage on her foot in the semi's hopefully she's good to go for the relays.

Its good she didn't dive and hurt herself.

Well that pretty much sums it up, you can dive. Well I'll be...I bet most of us here were told the opposite by some old bureaucratic official at some small meet in the past and just assumed that he knew the rules but was in fact full of ....

I think they should ban diving. Include in the rules that the runner still has to be on thier feet when crossing the finish.

Actually the end of the men's long jump and the men's single sculls (rowing) probably had more contentious finishes then this race. Some of the throwing events have been mis-measured too. I'm surprised less has been made of them.

diving is a sport wrote:

Trialswatcher wrote:

Felix ran within .25 of her All Time PR at almost 31, after 49.67 in semis

I am wondering what folks think she could have done here?

She's 30. Not almost 31, and btw she looked a lot younger and healthier than fit and thin 30 year olds I know, she really hasn't visually aged at all which is somewhat amazing given this sport. She was still wearing a bandage on her foot in the semi's hopefully she's good to go for the relays.

Its good she didn't dive and hurt herself.

She's three months away from 31.

Caster Semen.....ya wrote:

Well that pretty much sums it up, you can dive. Well I'll be...I bet most of us here were told the opposite by some old bureaucratic official at some small meet in the past and just assumed that he knew the rules but was in fact full of ....

Kids dive all the time. I never heard anyone saying it wasn't allowed.

ekw wrote:

Stick with eharmony wrote:

Yes I understand that but then why doesn't everyone dive?

I thought that was illegal

The same reason why MLB players don't dive into 1st; they run through it. It's faster. Also, I'm sure diving onto the track probably HURTS.

MLB players don't dive into first because they are getting paid millions and it's not worth the injury risk. A well executed dive is even more effective in baseball because it's the hands that count not the chest.

I do recall an American dived back in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Don't see whats the big deal... Stop your belly aching.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Warinerbeijing.jpg

test2 wrote:

ekw wrote:

The same reason why MLB players don't dive into 1st; they run through it. It's faster. Also, I'm sure diving onto the track probably HURTS.

MLB players don't dive into first because they are getting paid millions and it's not worth the injury risk. A well executed dive is even more effective in baseball because it's the hands that count not the chest.

No, even in youth leagues we teach players to run thru first base, instead of diving. It's slower to gather yourself to dive than to keep driving with your legs.

I understand diving is legal, no problem with that.....what is the rule about going out of your lane when diving? Do you have to stay in your lane or just not impede another runner? She did go into lane 6....

..."everyone should dive", well there is the parallel to the Fosbury flop controversy of the 70's. I think the dive stays.

If Felix was the one who dove all you morons on here would be singing a different song. Stfu about it. Diving at the line is an acceptable peat of racing. Felix lost, deal with it.

lane violation wrote:

I understand diving is legal, no problem with that.....what is the rule about going out of your lane when diving? Do you have to stay in your lane or just not impede another runner? She did go into lane 6....

Man she didn't even come close to touching anyone. It's ok when "YOU GUYS" do it. But when the tables are turned the caq sucas start making noise. SMH...

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Why u mad Bro?.... wrote:

lane violation wrote:

I understand diving is legal, no problem with that.....what is the rule about going out of your lane when diving? Do you have to stay in your lane or just not impede another runner? She did go into lane 6....

Man she didn't even come close to touching anyone. It's ok when "YOU GUYS" do it. But when the tables are turned the caq sucas start making noise. SMH...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Warinerbeijing.jpg

The rule is you can't impede another runner, and you can't cut the run short. After the turn she could have ran into lane 1 if she didn't impede another runner.

I can't believe I'm agreeing with someone that said caq sucas.

People on here who are implying that she dove as a strategy are being dumb. She was basically over her skis and in a last ditch effort to keep her momentum moving forward, she dove forward. It was a split second, last ditch effort to keep moving forward and it worked.

I'm not mad bro, and it's not a guy/girl thing, I'm asking a question....A runner from Jamiaca got DQ'ed earlier in the evening for going out of her lane in the 400 hurdles....Thus the question, if you get DQ'ed for stepping out of your lane (and she did not impede another runner, she was well back) do you also get DQ'ed for diving and being out of your lane in a lane race?

Golfer in the Oly wrote:

If an American dove to win you would all be cheering

It's the Bahamian revenge. David Neville (in Beijing 2008) did the same and won bronze against Bahamian Chris Brown (4th).

And many people celebrated Christian Smith's Olimpic 800m qualification in 2008 against Khadevis Robinson. Diving at the line for the 3rd spot.