Donavan Brazier goes home devastated - Brazier is out of the world championships

Brazier clearly has no idea what he's doing and doesn't understand the 800m. He doesn't understand his strengths nor how to respond to the different abilities of other runners. If the race isn't set up like a time trail, he is no better than the average Div 1 runner.

Brazier needs to grow his head a little bit. Learn more about the metrics of the sport; work on aerobic power and turn over. Probably should have stayed in school. It'll be 5 years before he is a serious contender for a global medal. I wonder when the letsrun team will stop giving him the hype of being the next American GOAT.

rojo wrote:

He said he knew he'd be DQd - and he was - for stepping on the line on the first turn. So he basically had no reason to run hard.

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Not sure I believe this. He should have hit the front immediately, that's his style and how he runs best, like Rudisha. He didn't even go out the hardest over the first 50m before the lane gaffe.

He looked unsure and not very confident.

rojo wrote:

Brazier went in to the 800 heats with the fastest time of all the entrants. Yet, he was nowhere to be seen on the last lap, finishing in 4th - a spot that would not qualify.

Now there was an explanation for him not having it at all. He said he knew he'd be DQd - and he was - for stepping on the line on the first turn. So he basically had no reason to run hard.

Let's hope Brazier can get it going in the years to come. Such a big talent. I hope we don't have an 800 version of Steve Holman.

https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom/status/969656656404602880

Interview coming.

Very poor coaching and a really bad head on his shoulders with a non winning attitude.

He had no idea he would be DQ'd, sometimes you do slip through, run through the race no matter.

A great physical talent without a head on his shoulders.

Tactics and racing experience are easy to fix. I believe he has some mechanics that need work. Brazier looks stiff and choppy at the end of his races. Stride is long and slow; his shoulders are hunched over. Tight. Not fluid.

Former Iowa Great wrote:

Brazier will continue run great times but fail in big meets. I wish Sowinski would have made it. He never has a bad race. He may not have medaled but would have made the final and taken the lead before fading to 4th. Windle will come charging late only to finish 4th.

He never has a bad race? What about the US champs final?

We could have another Krummenacker here.

How is this a DQ while in the 10k last year Farah took 2 or 3 steps on the inside of the track?

I think it is hard to stay in your line running that fast indoors and it is even harder on a banked track.

He has got to be one of the biggest choke artists EVER.

Boost.Boston wrote:

How is this a DQ while in the 10k last year Farah took 2 or 3 steps on the inside of the track?

Because Farah had interference. Brazier can't stand up on his own it seems.

I read earlier this week that the coach he's training with at A&M got fired. I know he’s no longer part of the team but wonder if that had played a factor on his performance?

DB had some footing and lane trouble but really he looked to flat AGAIN in a championships. He's still so young.

The WIC 2018 has been bad on the athletes giving them more problems.

That track is too steep. They should pay the people to watch it.

If I recall you have to take more than 1 step on the line to get DQd. In orhe words, he’s full of it. He folded and probably told the officials afterwards to DQ him.

sbeefyk2 wrote:

If I recall you have to take more than 1 step on the line to get DQd. In orhe words, he’s full of it. He folded and probably told the officials afterwards to DQ him.

You are totally wrong.

Rule 163.3

Lane Infringement 3. (a) In all races run in lanes, each athlete shall keep within his allocated lane from start to finish. This shall also apply to any portion of a race run in lanes. (b) In all races (or any part of races) not run in lanes, an athlete running on a bend, on the outer half of the track as per Rule 163.5(b), or on any curved part of the diversion from the track for the steeplechase water jump, shall not step or run on or inside the kerb or line marking the applicable border (the inside of the track, the outer half of the track, or any curved part of the diversion from the track for the steeplechase water jump). Except as stated in Rule 163.4, if the Referee is satisfied, on the report of a Judge or Umpire or otherwise, that an athlete has infringed this Rule, he shall be disqualified.

Ejac wrote:

I'm sure in a couple of weeks the demented Brazier-is-god crowd will be back in full force with nauseating hyperbole preaching to the world of his impending takeover.

Preach on losers.

You ain’t kidding. And when Murphy - whose training has been geared solely for outdoors this year - takes down the AR mid summer the Brazier psychophants will kick it into high gear with all kinds of rationalizations as to why Brazier is a race or two from sub 1:40. It isn’t Brazier, he’s a nice kid. But the nutt-huggers are out of control.

He is not the sharpest knife in the drawer :(

sbeefyk2 wrote:

If I recall you have to take more than 1 step on the line to get DQd. In orhe words, he’s full of it. He folded and probably told the officials afterwards to DQ him.

you're full of it

He’s one of the most fluid runners I’ve ever seen. He does this “over striding thing” in every race because that’s his actual stride. You might think Edwin Moses overstrides as well. The bit about Steve Holman is totally classless.

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

Brazier does this over striding thing in some of his poorer races. Rather than fast and quick the stride pattern appears long and slow. He also hunches over instead of running tall. Doesn’t look fluid at all.

Anybody wanna ease up on their Chicken Little act after Quigley's comments?

Imma guess not, but thought I'd ask.