Oslo Track and Field Blooper Reel: A Wig Falls Off, The Rabbit Misses the Water Jump and More
by LetsRun.com
June 15, 2017
The 2017 Oslo Bislett Games was a great track meet and we’ve got a full recap here: LRC 2017 Bislett Games Recap: Jake Wightman Pulls Off A Huge Upset, A 16-Year-Old Runs 3:56 and A Woman’s Wig Comes Off Mid-Competition
But this article will not focus on the great action on the track in Oslo. It will focus on some of the bizarre action on the track and in the field, for the meet had a few things we’ve never seen before.
First was the women’s long jump. Where this happened:
Waldrope Malfunction – Blessing Okagbare Wig Falls Out after jump – Oslo Diamond League 2017#TracknFieldJunkie… https://t.co/GPtEVuJPbh
— Track N Field Junkie (@TnFjunkie) June 15, 2017
Yes, Blessing Okagbare’s wig fell off. We’ve definitely never seen that happen. For the record, they measure the jump where her wig landed.
Give Okagbare credit, she kept her composure, stayed focused and put back on her wig casually.
Forget that yute.. This girl lose her hair piece in long jump @TheImpeccableG pic.twitter.com/Ta01XbmNgO
— ヤギ (@xDCAPx) June 15, 2017
Women’s Steeplechase Fail
Then there was the women’s steeplechase where this happened (2 angles):
Another angle of rabbit fail at Oslo. https://t.co/c5z2Z7LF5d pic.twitter.com/2EVmaOnSpM
— LetsRun.com (@letsrundotcom) June 15, 2017
Rabbit fail at #oslodl. https://t.co/c5z2Z7LF5d pic.twitter.com/mmrhNpfuoG
— LetsRun.com (@letsrundotcom) June 15, 2017
Yes, the rabbit forgot to take the water jump and it caused pre-race favorite Sofia Assefa to fall (she’d get up and recover and battle for the win before finishing second).
At a normal meet, Dafne Schippers blatantly false starting in 200m but being allowed to run (she ran under protest and was initially DQ’d after the race before being reinstated) might warrant a video, but not tonight in Oslo.
Instead, we end with the women’s 800m, where Francine Niyonsaba battled for the win:
with her bib on upside down.
More: 2017 Bislett Games Recap: Jake Wightman Pulls Off A Huge Upset, A 16-Year-Old Runs 3:56 and A Woman’s Wig Comes Off Mid-Competition Fans who watched the 2017 Bislett Games were entertained in a variety of ways on Thursday evening. On the track, two precocious Norwegian talents delighted the home crowd. Off the track, a women’s long jumper’s wig fell off during the event and a rabbit forgot to run the water jump in the women’s steeplechase and then took out the #1 seed from behind.