#1_GRupp_Fan wrote:
And he did "gather himself" and then do an interview with the Oregonian, so I give him credit there.
I'm just getting caught up to speed on this thread.
Ken Goe was not at the meet. He must have called Galen Rupp last night to do an interview.
I got back on this thread because I see a new Ken Goe article saying, "In their comprehensive recap of the race, the experts at LetsRun.com said it was "bush-league behavior."
Rupp, though, told me in a phone interview after the race, he took a few minutes to compose himself and did return to the mixed zone. He said there was no one there when he went back."
http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2017/06/friday_morning_news_notes_link_70.htmlLet me explain how the mixed zone works. The athletes leave the track. They go to an area where they gather there stuff. On the other side of that is an area where the media is. They have to exit by them on their way out.
Rupp finished his race and didn't get his stuff. He just exited passed the media (I wasn't even down there yet because I know it takes a few minutes for athletes to gather there stuff). He then had to go back and get his stuff and exit again. That's when I got there and saw Amanda Brooks of USATF run up to Galen after he exited the second time and say "they really want to talk to you" and he said no and left.
We then conducted all the interviews with all the rest of the runners in the race and the winnersand left and there was no sign of Galen Rupp. John says we were the last people to leave the mixed zone.
Stuff like that happens. At the Olympic Trials Ben Blankenship jumped the fence to avoid talking to the media.