Chelimo finished in Lane 4, wtf

Chelimo is a brawler, which is exactly what you need. The guy has a killer's mentality and isn't afraid to be aggressive. A winner, 100%.

master mechanic wrote:

Personally think Chelimo looked like a clown out there waiving his fingers at guys when he's the one causing problems with his excessive back-kick. Would have liked to have seen one of those guys just push him off the track after that BS, or at the very least keep clipping his heels as a way of saying FU.

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So he needs to change his style because other runners don't like his back lift, the thing that makes hime more efficient?

Must be one of the worst comments ever.

Just don't clip someone's heels

[quote]master mechanic wrote:

I don't think he should have been DQd going into lane 4 simply because the other guys didn't have the gas to pass him anyway.

You are right here, but not because they didn't have the gas.

The 4th guy had a clear run to finish in lane 1, the second (Fisher) actually finished on the inside of him. The only one 'blocked' was Kincaid, but that was because the guy direct adjacent to him (behind and able to go inside --as he eventually did) , wanetd to pass Chelimo on the outside as he went wide.

Chelimo can run where he wants to as long as he is in front.

Such ignorance around simple running here.

Sorry, quote got chopped off...try again..

master mechanic wrote:

Personally think Chelimo looked like a clown out there waiving his fingers at guys when he's the one causing problems with his excessive back-kick. Would have liked to have seen one of those guys just push him off the track after that BS, or at the very least keep clipping his heels as a way of saying FU.

So he needs to change his style because other runners don't like his back lift, the thing that makes hime more efficient?

Must be one of the worst comments ever.

Just don't clip someone's heels

master mechanic wrote:

I don't think he should have been DQd going into lane 4 simply because the other guys didn't have the gas to pass him anyway.

You are right here, but not because they didn't have the gas.

The 4th guy had a clear run to finish in lane 1, the second (Fisher) actually finished on the inside of him. The only one 'blocked' was Kincaid, but that was because the guy direct adjacent to him (behind and able to go inside --as he eventually did) , wanetd to pass Chelimo on the outside as he went wide.

Chelimo can run where he wants to as long as he is in front.

Such ignorance around simple running here.

ironic to throw the word 'ignorance' around...while apparently not knowing the actual, you know, rule governing this situation.

3. Each competitor shall run in a direct line after entering the final straightaway in all races of two or more turns unless there is another competitor in his or her path. 4. Any competitor or participant jostling, running across, or obstructing another competitor or participant so as to impede his or her progress shall be liable to disqualification in that event.

John Macardle wrote:

agip wrote:

that's sort of a fair comeback...but come on. You know that boxing in happens in every single track race. It's unavoidable and therefore acceptable behavior in track.

On the other hand, moving to lane 4 in the last 50 meters in order to obstruct...is not done and not appropriate. Lane 2...ok. Lane 4...no.

I suspect you can't name another race that was won by such an obvious obstruction, but you could name hundreds that had athletes boxed in.

Your repeatedly stating your opinion that it is not appropriate to finish in lane 4 but that it's okay to finish in lane 2 won't convince me to agree.

yea, you are being a little dishonest I think. I think you can agree that there are degrees of everything in the world? If he runs from lane 1 to 8 in a zig zag, you seem to equate that with a little tactics like running on someone's outside shoulder? I think you are silly. There are limits to everything.

Read the rules first. Then cry ignorance. Aside from the rules, its a b**** move, thats why there are 3 threads and a few hundred posts about it, not to mention everyone on TV noticed AND a protest was filed more than once. You can disagree, but you are the one is ignorant. Everyone is talking about it because its not a normal move.

Fisher is on the line between lanes 1 and 2 when the final curve fully straightens out. In 30 meters, he is forced to the middle of lane 3. That's 5 feet of involuntary lateral movement forced by Chelimo... in only 30 meters.

Multiple protests were allegedly filed, but the judges ruled in favor of Chelimo. I can see how it might be a judgment call, but I'd think that at a lot of other track meets, this would have been a DQ.

I'm okay with the outcome. If I were in Fisher's shoes, I could see not wanting to make waves by filing a protest. However, I'd file it away and resolve not to take any cr@p from Chelimo at the Olympics.

TomPettyLives wrote:

163-3

"Each competitor shall run in a direct line after entering the final straightaway in all races of two or more turns unless there is another competitor in his or her path."

End of discussion.

You are correct.

The logical outcome would be disqualification.

Everything else is pure noise.

Paul Chelimo has shown himself to be, on several occasion, to be what he is.

agip wrote:

John Macardle wrote:

This may shock you, but many of us don't see positioning yourself to try to win races as unsportsmanlike.

sportsmanship is on a spectrum

it's like pornography...you know it when you see it

deliberately moving across the track to obstruct other competitors seems across the line to me and I would never do it.

Win races by running faster, not by taking deliberate action to make others run slower.

You'll very very rarely see races finish in lane 4...which tells me that Chelimo was well beyond the bounds of normal track behavior.

Paul, Kincaid and Grant are fine with the end result. They don't care what you think.

bigmig19 wrote:

John Macardle wrote:

Your repeatedly stating your opinion that it is not appropriate to finish in lane 4 but that it's okay to finish in lane 2 won't convince me to agree.

yea, you are being a little dishonest I think. I think you can agree that there are degrees of everything in the world? If he runs from lane 1 to 8 in a zig zag, you seem to equate that with a little tactics like running on someone's outside shoulder? I think you are silly. There are limits to everything.

I’m equating using your body for positioning advantage, like what happens in any real sport in the world. Your just claiming “it’s a b**** move” is unconvincing to me.

I doubt it. They are class acts which is why they didn't complain. Chelimo would have tackled one of them after the finish had they done that to him.