Should eliminate any question or controversy.
Should eliminate any question or controversy.
It would change the concept of leaning at the line, for sure.
There is already no controversy.
All of the existing world records would need to be adjusted.
What if your shoe falls off in the final turn? Is it part of your body?
Stop this wrote:
There is already no controversy.
This. There was a race result that some Americans don't like. I didn't hear the same complaints after the Christian Smith's dive in the 2008 Olympic Trials.
thejeff wrote:
It would change the concept of leaning at the line, for sure.
Your torso could cross the line but your foot could still be behind on the backswing. I thought about this but the torso rule is the best.
It would actually make more sense though. Until your entire body crosses the plane, you haven't completely covered the full race distance. Hypothetically, as it stands now, a 100 meter tall person could just fall forward from the starting line and win the 100 meter dash without running a step!
Consider this.... wrote:
Should eliminate any question or controversy.
Only until an athlete you like loses because he or she dives at the finish and loses to one you don't who didn't dive.
Stop this wrote:
There is already no controversy.
Exactly.
malmo wrote:
Stop this wrote:There is already no controversy.
Exactly.
I don't know about that. The maintenance guy in my building said, "Robert did you see that race last night? I don't think that's right. They let that girl win the race even though she cheated an dove across the line. The American should have won."
My buddy was on flotrack last night and said lots of people were saying int he comment box they thought it was cheating as well.
I responded, "Welll that's why you shouldn't be on flotrack."
Consider this.... wrote:
It would actually make more sense though. Until your entire body crosses the plane, you haven't completely covered the full race distance.
What? Runners are behind the line when the race starts, so they have covered the full distance once they make it to (not across) the finish line.
The start line and finish line are 400m apart. If you start behind the start line, then you've covered 400m as soon as you reach the finish line, not once you've fully crossed it.
Let it go. The Bahamian won. She tripped/dove. So what.
Felix is a very religious woman, so she can accept this as "God's plan." Why can't posters on LR?
Watched the race on 3 different networks and the none of the commentators cried foul about the dive. Only whiners are the peanut gallery who know nothing about track.
GET OVER IT
rojo wrote:
malmo wrote:Exactly.
I don't know about that. The maintenance guy in my building said, "Robert did you see that race last night? I don't think that's right. They let that girl win the race even though she cheated an dove across the line. The American should have won."
My buddy was on flotrack last night and said lots of people were saying int he comment box they thought it was cheating as well.
I responded, "Welll that's why you shouldn't be on flotrack."
LOL
rojo wrote:
malmo wrote:Exactly.
I don't know about that. The maintenance guy in my building said, "Robert did you see that race last night? I don't think that's right. They let that girl win the race even though she cheated an dove across the line. The American should have won."
My buddy was on flotrack last night and said lots of people were saying int he comment box they thought it was cheating as well.
I responded, "Welll that's why you shouldn't be on flotrack."
I think your maintenance guy and a bunch of forum whiners should set T&F rules. Oh wait, that wouldn't make sense. Because the rules are fine as-is and were set up by people who actually understand the sport. Nothing to see here. Had Felix done the dive we would not be having this conversation on US-centric boards.
BTW, can you post on LR, without replying to a previous post?
if it ain't broke... wrote:
Stop this wrote:There is already no controversy.
This. There was a race result that some Americans don't like. I didn't hear the same complaints after the Christian Smith's dive in the 2008 Olympic Trials.
Or when David Neville dove across the line to get third in Beijing.
I think this issue is a non-starter. If the roles were reversed, if Felix had won in a falling dive, she'd be getting praised for digging deep and doing what was necessary to win gold.
It's not cheating if everyone can do it.
There have been plenty of "dives"in the history of the sport, by accident and on purpose. And I am not convinced it matters substantially.