rojo wrote:
What the hell was the starter doing in heat 3. Right before the start of the race, the Egypian falls across the line. They don't pull everyone up. Once he's back behind the line the gun goes off and 20 meters later he's involved in a fall that wipes out the world junior champ Nigate of Ethiopia.
Hello? Fire the gun again and do a restart if their is a fall. On the first water jump, Nigate face plants into the barrier.
I think he should be placed in the final. Their clearly should have been a restart.
Isn't restarting a race because of an early fall just an NCAA or US High School thing?
I've never seen it happen at any other meetings and am glad it doesn' t because it's daft. Possibly the only justification for it would be if an athlete pushed other athlete/s deliberately in the first metres and it was called back to DQ him/her and give the other athlete/s a fair chance. Otherwise, staying on your feet is part of the game.