Initially 2015 world champ Danielle Williams refused to leave the track after getting DQ. Then things got even weirder.
If you know how they'll pick the worlds team, please share it with us.
Initially 2015 world champ Danielle Williams refused to leave the track after getting DQ. Then things got even weirder.
If you know how they'll pick the worlds team, please share it with us.
Maybe if women had been running the race there would not have been any problems. Or is that some other photo?
I wonder if there is a video of their attempt at the finals. I'm curious how bad of a false start it was and if the popping in the stands was in retaliation from Williams getting DQed.
TrackTown Troll Trolley wrote:
Maybe if women had been running the race there would not have been any problems. Or is that some other photo?
Maybe that was the women’s race
Word on the street is that there is a selection panel that will decide the 3 individuals based on current season performances and other factors. Results to be announced either tonight or tomorrow.
I was at the meet, here is the real story...
During the early part of the meet they were handing out those inflatable sticks that can be used to make noise while cheering, but are cheap and pop easily.
Just after the runners were told to get set the first time, someone popped one in the stands right above the startline, it sounded very much like a distant gunshot and could have been interpreted as the starting gun. The starting gun went off a moment later and then lane 5 did false start.
The whole crowd heard the pop, but the starter wears a headset so they did not hear it. That is what started the controversy, as it was obvious that lane 5 reacted to the pop not the gun. The crowd was incensed! There was a good 10 minutes before they attempted to rerun the race, but as the runners got set for the rerun there were alarms, everyone yelling and popping the noise makers, etc.
IT WAS MADNESS, but awesome to witness. The noises were so loud the runners could not here the call back pistol and several ran the whole race, and at least one looked to get pretty hurt during that attempt.
LetsRun.com wrote:
Initially 2015 world champ Danielle Williams refused to leave the track after getting DQ. Then things got even weirder.
Can someone please explain why track is so stupid about this? If someone protests a DQ just LET THEM RUN!!!! If it turns out the DQ was just, then it will stand, but if it turns out there was indeed a mistake then their result counts and the whole field wasn't made to sit around waiting for it to be figured out.
It's like a bunch of 3rd graders are running these track meets. Or 80 year olds with dementia. Take your pick.
Nice way to politicize this thread, big guy.
help me understand wrote:
Can someone please explain why track is so stupid about this? If someone protests a DQ just LET THEM RUN!!!! If it turns out the DQ was just, then it will stand, but if it turns out there was indeed a mistake then their result counts and the whole field wasn't made to sit around waiting for it to be figured out.
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help me understand wrote:
Can someone please explain why track is so stupid about this? If someone protests a DQ just LET THEM RUN!!!! If it turns out the DQ was just, then it will stand, but if it turns out there was indeed a mistake then their result counts and the whole field wasn't made to sit around waiting for it to be figured out.
Won’t work so well in races > 400m where pacing strategy comes into play
Only the short stuff wrote:
Exactly ~ wrote:
Won’t work so well in races > 400m where pacing strategy comes into play
Let's say an athlete commits a foul in the second lap of a 10,000m race. They don't get pulled off the track immediately. They are allowed to finish the race. Why is it okay for this athlete to stay in the race and influence strategy and pace, but not ok for an athlete who was DQed for a different reason?
what's the difference? wrote:
Only the short stuff wrote:
Won’t work so well in races > 400m where pacing strategy comes into play
Let's say an athlete commits a foul in the second lap of a 10,000m race. They don't get pulled off the track immediately. They are allowed to finish the race. Why is it okay for this athlete to stay in the race and influence strategy and pace, but not ok for an athlete who was DQed for a different reason?
What if the same person false starts 5 times? Before 2009 the first false start was charged to the field and no one was disqualified. It was a good rule, but as with any rule some people tried to take advantage of it.
The difference:
One is before the race. The other is during.
Got it now?
Its tough to understand i know wrote:
The difference:
One is before the race. The other is during.
Got it now?
How is the impact of that athlete being part of the race different, though? In either case, you have someone who has been disqualified involved in the race and potentially affecting the pace and strategy.
race video:
This is bizarre. There usually are back up starters too. You would think at least one starter or official would have heard the pop from the noise maker that caused the false start. If not, usually you would like the athlete in question run under protest and then eliminate their result if the DQ is upheld. Then she runs, doesn't delay the meet, and then she can protest the DQ after the meet and the referee can make the call. The referee usually doesn't wear head phones for ear protection, so if that person was near the track, he/she likely heard the noise that caused the false start. Even if none of this happens, I'm not sure whey they still didn't hold the final with the remaining 4-5 athletes who were willing to run.
I guess if you let people finish races under protest after a false start dq, then at that point, you might as well never call anybody back. If somebody false starts, you dq them at the end, then it really is analogous to what happens in distance races.
It isnt a crazy idea if you do it that way. It could be disappointing to the crowd to watch the person you thought won get DQed for a false start, though, or find out about it even later.
I guess if you let people finish races under protest after a false start dq, then at that point, you might as well never call anybody back. If somebody false starts, the race continues as if nothing happened. Then you dq them at the end. It really is analogous to what happens in distance races If you run this way.
It isnt a crazy idea if you do it that way. It could be disappointing to the crowd to watch the person you thought won get DQed for a false start, though, or find out about it even later.
just as backwards as the US wrote:
Libs don't want to hear it, but Jamaica is even more backwards than the US in some regards.
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just as backwards as your brain wrote:
Nice way to politicize this thread, big guy.
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