Kyle Langford puts his hand on throat of official and pushes him at BMC meet

Tame stuff. When I was first saw this I was expecting to Kyle to have headbutted someone.

You can see in the video that he doesn't strangle anyone, just gives the official a push.

Not excusing it, but you can see that Kyle immediately knows he messed up, and he's apologized to the official and online. He's still vey young.

Explains his performance in the race.

Shows how much this means to him. This was a big race for him, with so many of the top UK guys there and with Max grabbing the headlines the week before.

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

Having said that, I bett there's a certain Kenyan runner who wouldn't like to be locked in a room with Kyle, and rightly so.

Some background -

https://twitter.com/SargeantLuke/status/1145812766034485250

How is it not surprising at all that there are three posts from Coevett trying to justify that sort of behavior?

If it had been a Kenyan runner he would be up in arms against the violent thug!

But then, didn't Coevett beat up an innocent black dude because he happened to "interfere" with his personal space in a locker room? Didn't he beat up an innocent Russian man in the street because he said something as Coevett ran by?

This isn't even the same Universe as Alberto Salazar, John Capriotti and Llewelyn Starks public displays of threats and violence.

Platonic wrote:

Vermont FTW wrote:

How is it not surprising at all that there are three posts from Coevett trying to justify that sort of behavior?

If it had been a Kenyan runner he would be up in arms against the violent thug!

But then, didn't Coevett beat up an innocent black dude because he happened to "interfere" with his personal space in a locker room? Didn't he beat up an innocent Russian man in the street because he said something as Coevett ran by?

This thread is about Kyle Langford's actions.

It is not about you.

According to the brojos, LRC message boards exist to talk about stuff one would talk about while on a run with friends. I would talk about this the way I did with my friends, as I will this evening when we go for a run together.

As for your post, what content does it have?

And what have you said concerning the subject?

Right...

There are always mitigating circumstances for the white runner for some people here.

Sorry not to engage any further, I've got a Turkey Trot to train for (and win).

Vermont FTW wrote:

Coevett wrote:

Kyle could probably claim PTSD after being robbed at age 20 of a historic medal on home soil by a cheating Kenyan.

I'm not justifying his behaviour at all, just saying there are mitigating circumstances.

Richard Kilty did something similar several years ago and didn't get a ban. I hope Kyle isn't banned, it would hit him hard after all he's been through. It was totally out of character for him. To be denied a chance to win a medal at the WC after being robbed the last time would be cruel.

As for the rest of the cra p you wrote I'm not even going to reply to it.

There are always mitigating circumstances for the white runner for some people here.

Sorry not to engage any further, I've got a Turkey Trot to train for (and win).

So remind me when this guy was banned for this?

Roid rage took over after a bad race.

So what has this whole thing come to in the end?

Troubadour wrote:

So what has this whole thing come to in the end?

The British Athletics Federation are reviewing the incident. I doubt if anything will come of it other than a warning. This was out of character, everybody knows Kyle is a good guy and a number of witnesses state that the official was being a jobsworth and even putting his hands on him. Not that I am excusing it, but it would be a terrible decision to suspend him, causing him to probably miss Doha after being robbed in the last world championships. I don't think the official himself is kicking up a fuss and probably just wants to move on.

YMMV wrote:

So remind me when this guy was banned for this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=37&v=Qh8HB_mpWNk

And that was a 14 year old girl inside the mascot costume. And it looked premediated with no provocation, and he had a history of similar behavior.

Have you lost your mind? Wondering what else would you excuse in the name of a completely unrelated incident? Call a spade a spade - he is clearly a moron who can not control his behaviour. He broke the rules of competition in a serious way and should be punished appropriately.

Vermont FTW wrote:

Kyle could probably claim PTSD after being robbed at age 20 of a historic medal on home soil by a cheating Kenyan.

I'm not justifying his behaviour at all, just saying there are mitigating circumstances.

Richard Kilty did something similar several years ago and didn't get a ban. I hope Kyle isn't banned, it would hit him hard after all he's been through. It was totally out of character for him. To be denied a chance to win a medal at the WC after being robbed the last time would be cruel.

As for the rest of the cra p you wrote I'm not even going to reply to it.

In what world would it come into the decision how he fared in the last world championships and the circumstances that led to that. If he went out in the semi-finals, should it mean he would be more likely to be banned? Of course not, his actions should be judged in their own context, not with reference to sympathy over an entirely unrelated event.

Coevett wrote:

The British Athletics Federation are reviewing the incident. I doubt if anything will come of it other than a warning. This was out of character, everybody knows Kyle is a good guy and a number of witnesses state that the official was being a jobsworth and even putting his hands on him. Not that I am excusing it, but it would be a terrible decision to suspend him, causing him to probably miss Doha after being robbed in the last world championships. I don't think the official himself is kicking up a fuss and probably just wants to move on.

FWIW, some additional context. I'm a UK track official (admittedly with the lowest level of qualification) and have worked with several of the officials I saw on the live stream from Watford. I'm also a very poor 800m runner who has 'competed' at Watford Open Meets.

There is no warm up track at Watford and the stadium is on the side of a hill, so you are very limited in where you warm up. Everyone routinely does their strides and drills on the track. There is no pause between races, so there are literally dozens of athletes warming up at the same time as every race. It's never a problem.

Officiating is almost always a miserable experience because a significant minority of the officials are ill-tempered and unfriendly. The way they speak to athletes and the general lack of respect they show - especially to younger athletes - is really depressing. There's no sense that we officials are there to provide a service to the athletes and ensure they have a good competitive experience. For that reason I won't pursue a higher level of qualification and get involved in more meetings than the half a dozen I do each year. The eye witness account suggesting that the official singled out Kyle and placed a hand on him is highly believable and totally in keeping with the sort of attitude and behaviour I've seen frequently. I've heard lots of stories from officials who take particular delight in showing the 'big names' that "the rules still apply to them".

Coevett wrote:

Having said that, I bett there's a certain Kenyan runner who wouldn't like to be locked in a room with Kyle, and rightly so.

Is that because Kyle would sodomise him?

Coevett wrote:

Troubadour wrote:

So what has this whole thing come to in the end?

The British Athletics Federation are reviewing the incident. I doubt if anything will come of it other than a warning. This was out of character, everybody knows Kyle is a good guy and a number of witnesses state that the official was being a jobsworth and even putting his hands on him. Not that I am excusing it, but it would be a terrible decision to suspend him, causing him to probably miss Doha after being robbed in the last world championships. I don't think the official himself is kicking up a fuss and probably just wants to move on.

C'mon man...if this incident involved a Kenyan, Morrocan, Ethiopian, etc., you'd be all over that athlete screaming for a suspension maybe even a lifetime ban! And without a doubt you'd bring dope into the equation.

This is totally unacceptable behavior from an Englishman! When I visited the UK several years ago the Brits kept telling me how impetuous and hot-headed us Americans can be, and that they are always mild-mannered, level-headed and complete gentleman....yeah right. Lol.

If it was a Kenyan, Morrocan in a meet in their own country, it probably wouldn't even get reported.

Maybe I would highlight such an incident here, and it would be up to the African doping denialists like you and others to make a defence. Of course you wouldn't do that, you'd just scream 'RACIST!' at me.

Go back and read the post above from somebody who is a British track official himself.

From the eyewitness accounts, the behavior of the official went beyond mere 'jobsworthiness' and almost assault and certainly harassment. Kyle is still only coming back after over a year of injury problems and this was the race to show he was still the UK number 1, and he gets a jobsworth official thinking it's all about himself and trying to disqualify Kyle over nothing and then laying hands on him and following him to the start line.

"and placed a hand on him" = "almost assault and certainly harassment"?????????

Can you even read?