The tradition of finishing tape needs to end - it cost Kejelcha a WR

One would argue then that the WR had tape, and that would be a second faster, so I don't really see the argument.

You mean an *Indoor WR

Donkey sh1t thread

times change wrote:

When the tape is there, it also eliminates the possibility of a complete dive/lay out to finish.

Just dive over/under/through the tape it doesn't matter.

He needed 0.01 s to tie the world record, 0.02 s to break it. 0.02 s at that pace is about a full 6 inches! Definitely more than many of you would have thought ...

gbgb wrote:

One would argue then that the WR had tape, and that would be a second faster, so I don't really see the argument.

The WR didn't had tape.

I agree these tapes often have some negative effect.

Hold the tape 6" past the line

Horse races don't have finish tape.

times change wrote:

The finishing tape tradition is so pointless. It just gets in the way. Most people naturally tend to decelerate when approaching it because your brains first thought is "I'm about to run into something"...and it also makes it hard to lean at the line when there is a solid object that would be inches from your face..

Really? Are you sure?

Willllllllllber............ wrote:

Horse races don't have finish tape.

Times don't matter at all in horse races, just win, place, and show. Anyway those races are all fixed.

What the hell kind of comment that about the tape. You either run fast enough or forget about it-no record. It's very simple.

You could also make the argument that he if he would've just ran a tiny bit faster earlier in the race he wouldn't need to dive at the tape.

He could've ran faster if they hired a runner to stand by the finish line and push him into it.

He should have adopted the Miller-Uibo approach. Swan dive.

We need significant funding of psychological studies, to determine if this tape-breaking ==> slow-down theory, is indeed correct or not.

IAAF grant funder wrote:

We need significant funding of psychological studies, to determine if this tape-breaking ==> slow-down theory, is indeed correct or not.

I agree. I think Trump should refuse to pass the next spending bill unless it includes funding for this bill.

One of the worst posts in Letsrun history.

jamin wrote:

You mean an *Indoor WR

You are denigrating a 3:48 mile because it was indoors, yet you couldn't even figure out how to sign-in for a race that you flew 3000 miles for?

dude, give it a rest wrote:

jamin wrote:

You mean an *Indoor WR

You are denigrating a 3:48 mile because it was indoors, yet you couldn't even figure out how to sign-in for a race that you flew 3000 miles for?

+1, Jamin is a total douche.