Stepped on the line with just 6 minutes to go. He will have to be disqualified. Sorry folks. Still, he did pretty good, considering.
Stepped on the line with just 6 minutes to go. He will have to be disqualified. Sorry folks. Still, he did pretty good, considering.
Aren't you allowed to leave the course in a marathon race and go to urinate?
Lol!
Runners serious about breaking records will pee or even crap their pants if necessary.
The infraction is at 1:53:28 of the race clock at the end of the very last narrow curvy section. Oh well. Rules are rules.
Looks like he'll have to try again next year.
arbitrary distance in an arbitrary time, no big deal.
Even if this were an official IAAF race, officials are supposed to give warnings for infractions in road races (unlike track) before disqualification. The idea is that the races are long, the surface is uneven, it’s rare that there’s intent or any advantage gained.
Bad Wigins wrote:
Runners serious about breaking records will pee or even crap their pants if necessary.
The infraction is at 1:53:28 of the race clock at the end of the very last narrow curvy section. Oh well. Rules are rules.
Its not a record, period.
Even if he's off by a few steps, then his time would still have been in the 1:59:4X mark. He would still be under 2 hours.
Do you have OCD or autism? This is a serious question.
This is probably why you believe in a flat earth while also being atheist if you demand only strict lines of evidence.
Bad Wigins wrote:
Stepped on the line with just 6 minutes to go. He will have to be disqualified. Sorry folks. Still, he did pretty good, considering.
https://youtu.be/k-XgKRJUEgQ?t=10513
Wigins shows up to make a negative comment. Shocker.
Bad Wigins wrote:
Stepped on the line with just 6 minutes to go. He will have to be disqualified. Sorry folks. Still, he did pretty good, considering.
+1
facts and reason wrote:
then his time would still have been in the 1:59:4X mark. He would still be under 2 hours.
Nobody is disputing that he coulda, woulda, shoulda ran the full marathon in 1:59:41. But unfortunately he was timed over the marathon +/- 1cm distance in 1:59:40, so that's all we can say officially.
No need to get offended, I said it was still pretty good. Nothing negative about this!
Wigins I wouldn't expose this. A lot of very proud Kenyans will be very upset if this news gets out. Sleep with your eyes open tonight.
Bad Wigins wrote:
Nobody is disputing that he coulda, woulda, shoulda ran the full marathon in 1:59:41. But unfortunately he was timed over the marathon +/- 1cm distance in 1:59:40, so that's all we can say officially.
No need to get offended, I said it was still pretty good. Nothing negative about this!
kipchoge is fast
Bad Wigins wrote:
Stepped on the line with just 6 minutes to go. He will have to be disqualified. Sorry folks. Still, he did pretty good, considering.
https://youtu.be/k-XgKRJUEgQ?t=10513
You can step on the line, not over it. The line is especially thick for visibility reasons...the true line measuring 42.195km is as thin as a fishing line on the OUTERMOST edge of the bright thickly painted line. Kipchoge did not cross over this line.
Bad Wigins wrote:
Runners serious about breaking records will pee or even crap their pants if necessary.
Runners who are serious about breaking records don’t wear pants when they race.
Not entirely correct.
The measured running line is within 30 cm of the line, cones, curb, etc. that delineates the parameter of the course. This could either be on the right or left side of the created lane on the road (depending on how the course bends). On the track the line to the left of the runner is considered off of the track and would result in a disqualification. For tracks the measured line is 30 cm from the curb or 20 cm from the outer edge of the white line for lanes 2+
D.Katz wrote:
Not entirely correct.
The measured running line is within 30 cm of the line, cones, curb, etc. that delineates the parameter of the course. This could either be on the right or left side of the created lane on the road (depending on how the course bends). On the track the line to the left of the runner is considered off of the track and would result in a disqualification. For tracks the measured line is 30 cm from the curb or 20 cm from the outer edge of the white line for lanes 2+
There wasn't one line though. There was a left line and a right line and he was supposed to stay in the middle of both. The "line of tangent" was the entire span between the two parallel lines.
The course was properly measured by taking the tangents between the two lines.
D.Katz wrote:
The course was properly measured by taking the tangents between the two lines.
Okay, maybe so. Either way, the issue is: "Is he disqualified since he stepped on the line?" The answer is no, he stepped ON the line, not over it, which is still PART OF THE COURSE...the line is thick so Kipchoge can see it clearly, obviously we know that the line is not truly that thick... it only matters if he steps over the line
im at work wrote:
"Is he disqualified since he stepped on the line?" The answer is no, he stepped ON the line, not over it, which is still PART OF THE COURSE...
link to INEOS's official course measurement system? Their website is an endless blog wall of videos with no clear link to definitive text info.
It seems strange that they would measure tangents between the outer edges of the lines rather than the inner edges. They might, but let's see the proof! Or else I'm afraid there will always be an asterisk * on this.