My heart is broken for Paul. :(
My heart is broken for Paul. :(
Then what was it for?
Mrs. M wrote:
My heart is broken for Paul. :(
Same :(
This is bs
Sad results wrote:
Looked like with 200m to go Chelimo stepped on the curb.
Re-watched a couple of times and I don't see that. His feet always land on the track.
Can't believe NBC had to break the news to him and show his heart breaking, then continue to grill him on it.
Did the same thing to the 4 x 1.
Not only horrible coverage but also classless.
From Twitter:
David Monti â€@d9monti 3m3 minutes ago
During M 5K final curb was missing for W HJ. Looks like the 3 DQ'd athletes stepped on the line. DQ under rule 163.3b, lane infringement.
Chelimo should get to run a time trial by himself, and if he beats the time of 8th, USA should be given gold.
ChelimoFanClub wrote:
From Twitter:
David Monti â€@d9monti 3m3 minutes ago
During M 5K final curb was missing for W HJ. Looks like the 3 DQ'd athletes stepped on the line. DQ under rule 163.3b, lane infringement.
WTF. That's like entrapment.
ChelimoFanClub wrote:
From Twitter:
David Monti â€@d9monti 3m3 minutes ago
During M 5K final curb was missing for W HJ. Looks like the 3 DQ'd athletes stepped on the line. DQ under rule 163.3b, lane infringement.
If that's the reason for the DQ - not all the shoving - then it's time for new officials. That's complete garbage. Un-effing-believable.
Pushing and holding. You cannot hold a guy when he is going around you!
Great call by the officials.
Lagat Bronze ?? WTF
ChelimoFanClub wrote:
From Twitter:
David Monti â€@d9monti 3m3 minutes ago
During M 5K final curb was missing for W HJ. Looks like the 3 DQ'd athletes stepped on the line. DQ under rule 163.3b, lane infringement.
Utter bullcrap. Not their fault. They shouldn't be blamed for poor meet management. They should have put cones down or something. Or they should have been notified before the race that they'd have to watch out for the line there. This is nonsense.
Watching it, it also looks like he steps off going around the first turn of the last lap
They should have had the long jump on pause for the last 4 laps or so of the 5k. Five minute pause. Problem solved.
WK wrote:
Can't believe NBC had to break the news to him and show his heart breaking, then continue to grill him on it.
Did the same thing to the 4 x 1.
Not only horrible coverage but also classless.
Chelimo won my respect with his response. He showed a lot of class.
First turn wrote:
Watching it, it also looks like he steps off going around the first turn of the last lap
Watched it for third time. Still don't see it. On the last lap that is.
Can you give a specific race time, to the second?
Paul Chelimo ran yet another pr, this one a big one, and had plenty of run in the last lap, only having some ridiculous boxing/pushing/shoving to get through. He was clearly above everyone else but Farah. I love Lagat, of course, and he ran a 13:06 in an Olympic Final at 41, but I really don't like to see Chelimo dq'd here. If this was for stepping on the line when they themselves had removed the curb, he didn't intend it, and he didn't get any benefit--it's not as if that step put him ahead of third place--then there should be no foul.
Chelimo REINSTATED. Damn right.
Chelimo back in. Is everybody else?
I would have loved to see him go off about how stupid these officials are live on NBC when they were interviewing him.