In honor of the Purdue Women's 4x400, what are the biggest choke jobs in running?

Tol wrote:

creditwherecreditisdue wrote:

Excellent troll job.

No it’s not. He posted 20 times.

Yeah but he keeps reeling in new fish. Solid trolling for sure.

It was a 10 meter lead, not a 30 meter lead. Jesus, how hard is it to estimate distance? And USC only had a 10-meter deficit at the handoff before their anchor bobbled the exchange. If the USC girl hadn't caught Purdue, it would've been a choke job for USC. The third-fastest runner for Purdue only giving up ten meters in an entire 400 meter race to the NCAA runner-up is NOT a choke job.

You're verrrrrrrry wrong.

Looks like the biggest choke job is the troll trying to defend himself on this thread.

Steve Ovett in LA

When Christine Arron clawed back a massive lead to win a 4x100 (European Champs?)

Gila the Tulsa wrote:

It was a 10 meter lead, not a 30 meter lead. Jesus, how hard is it to estimate distance? And USC only had a 10-meter deficit at the handoff before their anchor bobbled the exchange. If the USC girl hadn't caught Purdue, it would've been a choke job for USC. The third-fastest runner for Purdue only giving up ten meters in an entire 400 meter race to the NCAA runner-up is NOT a choke job.

You're verrrrrrrry wrong.

Doesn’t it suck when facts prove you completely wrong? Here we are midway down the home stretch and they’re still 10 meters apart as shown by the hurdle markings, so you’re saying USC made up 0 ground from the turn to midway through the stretch? Or maybe you can’t judge distances.

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Obviously there can be no resolution to this question until there is an agreement on what it means to choke. To me simply getting beat doesn't mean you've choked. Getting run down by a better runner from 20 meters back doesn't mean you've choked.

Running with a strategy or tactics that don't lead to success isn't always a choke. A team could be said to choke if the coach unnecessarily implements a line-up/strategy that leads to sub-par performances, but I wouldn't blame the athletes. If the coach knows what they've done before isn't likely to lead to success, but sees the possibility of a win if they implement a new strategy that fails, I wouldn't consider that a choke.

I wouldn't even call this a choke:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWa9iYYPYF4v

That's just stupidity.

There are several high profile situations in NCAA XC Championships where favorites finish way back in the field or don't finish at all that I would casually call choking. However, in light of athletes who have had major breakdowns and even committed suicide, it doesn't seem helpful for observers to refer to any performance as a choke. That's something best left to the coach/athlete/sports psychologist to determine and work through if necessary.

Not running, but check out all these kids in maroon uniforms choking: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/watch-this-6-foot-10-basketball-player-dominate-fellow-12-year-olds/ar-AAyExMA?li=BBnba9I

Gila the Tulsa wrote:

It was a 10 meter lead, not a 30 meter lead. Jesus, how hard is it to estimate distance? And USC only had a 10-meter deficit at the handoff before their anchor bobbled the exchange. If the USC girl hadn't caught Purdue, it would've been a choke job for USC. The third-fastest runner for Purdue only giving up ten meters in an entire 400 meter race to the NCAA runner-up is NOT a choke job.

You're verrrrrrrry wrong.

The Purdue runner had a 30m lead BEFORE the USC runner took off.

Josh Kerr has choked a few times. He is the most talented guy in the NCAA at his distance but doesn’t always show it.