Breaking Paul Chelimo has been DQd from Zurich and It Cost Him $20,000

It was pretty clear that Paul pushed Edris but how was Paul able to get by him? I understand the rules, and Paul should be DQ'ed. But if anything, he should be rewarded 4/5th place. Besides 1-4, excluding Paul, none of the other runners were in the mix. Just sucks that Paul doesn't get anything out of it but that's the rules.

What an idiot. Well, good to see Kemwoi peaking as well.

Do you have actual knowledge of Paul's contract and earning situation? His prize winnings and medal bonus alone this year have to approach or surpass the allowable limit for a soldier.

I'd also be curious to hear how/why he can compete out of the WCAP uniform in the Nike global kit.

Lots of opacity with the WCAP-Nike conglomerate.

I do agree that if he is a soldier and can get special treatment that he should be wearing ARMY gear head to toe when competing .. All former/current soldiers would agree as well imo.. they need a uniform as well. All WCAP runners should all look alike when it comes to uniform.

Left, right wrote:

Do you have actual knowledge of Paul's contract and earning situation? His prize winnings and medal bonus alone this year have to approach or surpass the allowable limit for a soldier.

I'd also be curious to hear how/why he can compete out of the WCAP uniform in the Nike global kit.

Lots of opacity with the WCAP-Nike conglomerate.

I was also wondering why he wasn't in the WCAP singlet.

Regarding why Chelimo was wearing the Nike kit tonight, he said it was due to "security reasons" but would not elaborate. Strange as he wore the Army kit in Zurich last year. See more here:

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2017/08/great-mo-farah-ends-track-career-epic-win-one-craziest-finishes-weve-ever-seen/

I think it's fairer to say it cost him $10,000 or even $6,000. He reall didn't have room to get 2nd. So third is $10k, 4th is 6k. I do think it's harsh to DQ him.

I've always said I wish officials could say, "There is no way you were worse than 4th. You made a foul but we won't DQ you but we'll put you 4th."

subjective rules don't sit well in sports (or the real world) for reasons of bias and setting a slippery slope precedence i agree with you though

rojo wrote:

I think it's fairer to say it cost him $10,000 or even $6,000. He reall didn't have room to get 2nd. So third is $10k, 4th is 6k. I do think it's harsh to DQ him.

I've always said I wish officials could say, "There is no way you were worse than 4th. You made a foul but we won't DQ you but we'll put you 4th."

Im guessing you all missed him step on the inside of the track early on. I think during the first 1k. People have been dq'd in the olympics for more. Doubly deserved.

Same thing you cannot wear any military attire oversee. Not even oversee. People target military personnel more than civilians.

Wow, that is complete BS. First, Edris cut off Kejelcha at 200m to go. He definitely didn't have a full stride before moving in. Then, with 80m to go, Edris is on the middle of lane 2, but wanders right inside to cut-off Paul. I don't feel like there was any foul, just Edris all over the place.

The DQ was completely deserved. He chose to run on the inside lane with the advantage of running the shortest distance but at the risk of having nowhere to run when it came time for the kick. And having nowhere to run at the end is exactly what happened. Instead of accepting that he lost his gamble, he tried to push his way through at the risk of injuring Farah, and especially Edris who went hard to the track and slid for what looked like 10 meters. That had to hurt and easily could have resulted in significant injury to Edris. I guess he learned his lesson the hard with the DQ. Unfortunately for him, it looked like he enough to win the race if he had a clear path to the line.

I really like Chelimo. He's a fighter. It was an obvious foul. Hard to argue with the decision. Peter Sagan disqualification in the TDF was unfair.

runnerdood wrote:

It was pretty clear that Paul pushed Edris but how was Paul able to get by him? I understand the rules, and Paul should be DQ'ed. But if anything, he should be rewarded 4/5th place. Besides 1-4, excluding Paul, none of the other runners were in the mix. Just sucks that Paul doesn't get anything out of it but that's the rules.

Yeah, it would be nice if they relegated him to the back of the group like they would in the TdF peloton.

chelimo is one of the worst racers I have ever seen. Should be winning these racing but is an idiot and never learns

GOFUNDME.COM for $20K for Chelimo, our military servant!!!

Edris was mid lane 2 and moved over near the end to cut off Chelimo, who merely held and defended his line, so Edris is actually the one who caused this foul, that and the fact that Chelimo had enough to get by both of them but was blocked by Edris. This is the wrong decision.

dsrunner wrote:

What an idiot. Well, good to see Kemwoi peaking as well.

*Kwemoi

Irony is beautiful.

Clearly a DQ.

No matter what Robert Johnson wishes.

Keep your hand off others or risk getting taken out...

Robert, you've never learned a street lesson.