Dafne Schippers Blatantly False Starts in 200 in Oslo But is Allowed to Run

The question is, would any of the other runners be allowed to run if they "blatantly false started"?

Didn't the same thing happen a year or two ago with Dawn Harper Nelson? she clearly false started, was originally disqualified and they let her run anyway, Dawn Harper Nelson is great, but does not have the same marquee value, yet like Schippers she was allowed to run.

Not that surprising they let stars get away with things, like if Usain Bolt False started anywhere in the World and was disqualified, the crowd would be very mad, that said rules SHOULD BE applied equally to all, fairness is paramount in sports.

wejo wrote:After Schippers ran (presumably under protest) and won, she was DQd.

Now reinstated.

Naglfar wrote:

wejo wrote:After Schippers ran (presumably under protest) and won, she was DQd.

Now reinstated.

Now DQd.

Oops sorry

IAAF site has Schippers winning

the answer is no, money counts wrote:

The question is, would any of the other runners be allowed to run if they "blatantly false started"?

no because the fans aren't there to see other runners they're there to see DS.

Sports are entertainment.

Tgirl wrote:

Oops sorry

IAAF site has Schippers winning

She has been put back in as the winner.

Women's results

200 Metres - Women Wind: +1.4 m/s

Pts

1 Schippers , Dafne NED 22.31 8

2 Ahouré , Murielle CIV 22.74 7

3 Facey , Simone JAM 22.77 6

4 Lückenkemper , Gina GER 23.04 5

5 Williams , Bianca GBR 23.38 4

6 Nelson , Ella AUS 23.42 3

7 Gonska , Nadine GER 23.48 2

Lalova-Collio , Ivet BUL DQ

Bolt has been dqd before tho...

In fact he was one of the first victims of the one false start rule.

I don't think there's any problem with her running and being dqd after the fact, besides it's good for everyone involved

Makes everyone else run better, crowd is happy, and if there was some good reason for her not be dqd (which apparently there was since she was reinstated) then she gets her time, if she doesn't run that's not possible.

Its unfair to other athletes. Yohan Blake false-started last year in olympic trials, but people started with the boos, and he was reinstated.

It happened in an invitational meet. People pay to see the top athletes and if she said she couldn't hear the gun well then she got the benefit of the doubt. It's a judgement call by the officials and in fairness it can be hard to hear the gun depending on the crowd.

if she did not hear the gun she would still be in the blocks

if the ambient noise mimicked the sound of the gun then she would have started to a 'false gun'

douglas burke wrote:

Didn't the same thing happen a year or two ago with Dawn Harper Nelson? she clearly false started, was originally disqualified and they let her run anyway, Dawn Harper Nelson is great, but does not have the same marquee value, yet like Schippers she was allowed to run.

Not that surprising they let stars get away with things, like if Usain Bolt False started anywhere in the World and was disqualified, the crowd would be very mad, that said rules SHOULD BE applied equally to all, fairness is paramount in sports.

Not the same thing at all under pertinent rule. Harper obviously flinched in the blocks but, after conferring with the officials and looking at the read-outs, she correctly pointed out to them that her feet had maintained pressure on the blocks. There is no judgment involved in that situation. If the athlete does not technically false start she cannot be DQd on a first violation.

Schippers, by contrast, simply left early and there is no good reason under IAAF rules for her to be reinstated.

Her time was slow, but her skin problems seem to have cleared up (got to 2:35):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sznbJdQeZ-I

Correlation?

No Respect wrote:

Her time was slow, but her skin problems seem to have cleared up (got to 2:35):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sznbJdQeZ-I

Correlation?

You're mean.

Gramps wrote:

No Respect wrote:

Her time was slow, but her skin problems seem to have cleared up (got to 2:35):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sznbJdQeZ-I

Correlation?

You're mean.

I don't get it. Can you explain? I see Mo farah

I think it is also worth mentioning that winning a Diamond League race includes a $50,000 first prize. The official who reinstated her gave her a $50,000 gift and screwed the second place runner and everyone else in the race out of thousands of dollars. Fair is fair, but money is, well, money.

“the thing to do if you can't hear and are in the blocks is to race your hand..

Stupid question. What do they do for deaf sprinters?

bhilden wrote:

I think it is also worth mentioning that winning a Diamond League race includes a $50,000 first prize. The official who reinstated her gave her a $50,000 gift and screwed the second place runner and everyone else in the race out of thousands of dollars. Fair is fair, but money is, well, money.

The athlete gets 50,000 for winning the the Diamond League event for the season, not for each race. An athlete gets 10,000 for winning a Diamond League race.