Candian dutchie wrote:
No, if you watched the from the BBC angle a girl was almost lapped and Hassan didn't want to run into her which she would have done had she continued sprinting in lane 1.
rojo wrote:
Al Sal got GG DQd. Is it time one of his athletes gets DQd?
I personally don't think a DQ is the right penalty. I think there should be a penalty where you put Muir 2nd and Hassan 3rd but I'm sorry - you can't do what Hassan just did.
jerry shoeeater wrote:
had this been a bowerman tc athlete doing the cutting off I'm sure they would be celebrated for great tactical racing. the witch hunt really is getting old
countrydrugcheatsout wrote:
She suddenly decides to veer over a lane or two when sensing someone closing on her? Pure coincidence, I'm guessing.
LetsRun.com wrote:
We don't want a DQ but thinks the rules should be changed so she could be placed 4th.
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2018/03/sifan-hassan-dqd-impeding-laura-muir/
LetsRun.com wrote:
We don't want a DQ but thinks the rules should be changed so she could be placed 4th.
yssgdqdb wrote:
She should absolutely be DQd. She made that move in an offensive way and it threatened Muir physically (hitting/elbowing).
I didn't get to see the entire race yet because the recording cut off just after 5:00 minutes (stupid DVR things).
European countries should not have taken these Africans anyway. Most are drug cheats too.
Rockstar Games wrote:
I get your point but you can't bend the rules like that when it suits "your/whoever's purpose.
Either she isn't DQ'd and stays 2nd, or is simply DQ'd. Remember what happened to Chelimo in the last Diamond League race?
Either the glass is full or empty, there's no middle ground.
bebop and rocksteady wrote:
Candian dutchie wrote:
No, if you watched the from the BBC angle a girl was almost lapped and Hassan didn't want to run into her which she would have done had she continued sprinting in lane 1.
Not a chance, have you absolutely no judgement of speed and distance? Bobocea crossed the finish line nearly two seconds before Hassan and Muir. Dibaba doesn't even come close to running into her.
Wouldn't want to be in a pack with you.
donotunderstand wrote:
You can debate all day whether you want to let them fight it out instead of using the rules, but if you want to follow the rules, it seems an obvious lane impedance, which is specifically covered in the rules as "shall be disqualified"
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Lane Infringement, 4(b)
An athlete shall not be disqualified if he steps or runs outside his lane in the straight, any part of the diversion from the track for the steeplechase water jump or outside the outer line of his lane on the bend,
* with no material advantage thereby being gained and no athlete being josteld or obstructed so as to impede his progress. If material advantage is gained, the athelete shall be disqualified.
ex-runner wrote:
donotunderstand wrote:
You can debate all day whether you want to let them fight it out instead of using the rules, but if you want to follow the rules, it seems an obvious lane impedance, which is specifically covered in the rules as "shall be disqualified"
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Lane Infringement, 4(b)
An athlete shall not be disqualified if he steps or runs outside his lane in the straight, any part of the diversion from the track for the steeplechase water jump or outside the outer line of his lane on the bend,
* with no material advantage thereby being gained and no athlete being josteld or obstructed so as to impede his progress. If material advantage is gained, the athelete shall be disqualified.
Yep and Muir isn't impeded or obstructed. She has 4 empty lanes to her right and it's her choice to run in them or run through Hassan.
The rules do not state that every athlete should be allowed to run exactly where they want on the track when they want, otherwise inside lane runners would have to move out to allow a faster finishing athlete to pass them on the inside.
Swerving across the lanes to lane 1 to block someone trying to overtake you on the inside would count as lane diversion in order to impede the progress of another athlete, because they have nowhere else to go. Muir could go wherever she wanted.
TrackCoach wrote:
Veering out actually happens quite a bit when you become completely lactic
open your eyes wrote:
ex-runner wrote:
[quote]donotunderstand wrote:
You can debate all day whether you want to let them fight it out instead of using the rules, but if you want to follow the rules, it seems an obvious lane impedance, which is specifically covered in the rules as "shall be disqualified"
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Lane Infringement, 4(b)
An athlete shall not be disqualified if he steps or runs outside his lane in the straight, any part of the diversion from the track for the steeplechase water jump or outside the outer line of his lane on the bend,
* with no material advantage thereby being gained and no athlete being josteld or obstructed so as to impede his progress. If material advantage is gained, the athelete shall be disqualified.
But it is abundantly clear that Muir was obstructed: Hassan moved out into her path to force her further wide. How can you claim that Hassan didn't claim a material advantage from her move into Muir's path?
this guy's thought wrote:
watched the race live in real time
looked like completely normal tactics by hassan. that one photo at the end looks bad, but thats all it looks that way. hassan didn't touch and didn't reach out and block like huddle did.
muir should have gone inside when she saw hassan swerving so far that way
