worst fall in steeplechase history

No fool! I expect the race/play to be haulted and EMS to attend to the injured athlete as in any other sport.

Bleu wrote:

No fool! I expect the race/play to be haulted and EMS to attend to the injured athlete as in any other sport.

Your issue was that they "left the athlete on the track." He would have been left on the track until the ambulance arrived even if they stopped the race. Unless there is somewhere else you wanted him to have been taken in the interim?

They clearly were attending to him by the time the pack came around for the next lap.

Bleu wrote:

No fool! I expect the race/play to be haulted and EMS to attend to the injured athlete as in any other sport.

Which sports are you speaking of? Many sports do halt the play but that's only because its the only way to get the injured athlete the attention they need. No sport that is able to assist athletes while the play continues calls the event to tend to said person. It's also a lot less impactful to stop a single play than it is to call off a race. Imagine if bike races were called every time someone crashed... lol. If I were the athlete who fell and the race was called on my account I would be pissed off.

Also, you call the other guy a fool but its clear from your first post that you were saying he should have been removed from the track. Immediately moving someone who just smoked and is seizing up like that without bracing them first would be beyond stupid.

Any updates on this kid?

I realize you wouldn't remove the injured individual until he was stabilized and on a back board. My point although I suppose it wasn't clear was that another athlete could have come around the next lap and fallen/stepped on/ potentially injured this runner further.

Hmm?? wrote:

Remind me, why people do this retarded event again?

Because it involves numerous skills beyond just strength, stamina and speed. Cry baby cowards need not apply.

Bleu wrote:

I realize you wouldn't remove the injured individual until he was stabilized and on a back board. My point although I suppose it wasn't clear was that another athlete could have come around the next lap and fallen/stepped on/ potentially injured this runner further.

Which could explain why the officials did such a good job of "walling off" the fallen runner by the time the runners came around again. Check at about the 9:10 mark of the video that's posted on the previous page.

Fat decathlete wrote:

Beach boys wrote:

I believe that title belongs to the guy in the 2007 world championships. Takes a barrier to the face, lost a couple teeth if I remember correctly.

How about the broken pelvis last olympics?

There was I think an NCAA one some years ago where a guy's ankle snapped in half. Or maybe it just broke and he still finished. I can't quite remember which.

In any case track needs to get out of the 19th century and its ridiculous modes of competition. Cannonballs, siege devices, jump three times, greek frisbee, fake cross country, these are not real sports.

Obvious winner here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_s6ahuPCwQ

Skip to 45s in. There's a slow motion replay afterwards.

Big balls! wrote:

Hmm?? wrote:

Remind me, why people do this retarded event again?

Because it involves numerous skills beyond just strength, stamina and speed. Cry baby cowards need not apply.

Some people have trouble staying on their feet in a flat 1500m race. Look at habitual fallers such as Uceny, Brannen... or part time fallers such as Jakob.

That was the most dramatically documented, but the U20 kid was worse by far, He was convulsing and immobile for an indeterminate time afterwards.

osaka07 wrote:

Obvious winner here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_s6ahuPCwQ

Skip to 45s in. There's a slow motion replay afterwards.

This still has yet to be surpassed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58WRnLjpAHY

So you didn't watch this video then? OP wasn't asking a question he was stating a fact. Brutal fall.

Chapeau to the stewards and medical team.

Any updates?

Red Wine wrote:

Any updates?

Google translate says he is "better now" but that was an article from the next morning. Haven't been able to find any update since then.

It's also unclear what better means, exactly. I would assume they mean he is going to be fine.