Athing Mu should be DQ's for causing Sekgodiso's fall

Mu was completely at fault. I'm surprised no protest. Rookie move from someone who should not be doing that. But when you only race twice a year, that's what happens.

You should be given a ban from posting more and more threads on the same topic

Looks to me like Mu was clearly in font and the other athlete ran up on her. Also Mu got clipped from behind one or two other times from that same runner or someone else. I would’ve been irritated if I was Mu.

You're probably right. Everywhere I wrote "4:28" needs to be corrected to "4:42". Shame on me. I ban myself. I will come back later and check to see if I've respected the ban.

I think the opposite. Sekgodiso was at fault. She looked very nervous and uncomfortable before the race started

All this trippity trip stuff in the women's 800m reminds me of Brenda Martinez. She got tripped a lot, and it didn't take much to take her to the ground.

Sekgodiso was trying to get a free pass in to the final. She tried to trip Mu 3 times. You can’t keep a champion down.

I will take a look at it frame by frame and see if I can assign any blame to Sekgodiso based on her pre-race demeanor.

I don't think it was the left foot that first got clipped. Looks to me like she got hit from behind on the right foot, and then got turned and the left foot was left in the way of others.

And no way she was moving in on Sekgodiso. Mu was directly in front of her on the outside of lane 1 for a while before that. She probably wasn't used to Mu's long stride and seemed to be running too close.

If you don't reference actions with time-stamps in thirtieths of seconds, we just can't understand what you're trying to show.

Mu had legal position. The lady behind her caused her own fall.

No, that is NOT correct.

Mu was running on the inside of the 2nd lane. The South African runner was on the outside of the 1st lane.

While Mu was still in lane 2, Mu went only a few feet ahead of the South African runner and then tried to cut into lane 1. But there wasn't any room for Mu to cut into lane 1, so Mu and the South African collided.

The South African maintained her position the whole time. Mu did not. Mu cut her off when she moved from lane 2 to lane 1. It was 100% Mu's fault.

The South African made a mistake in not filing an appeal.

Do you know who else should have protested? Abby Caldwell. When the collision happened, it threw off Abby Caldwell and everyone behind her. Caldwell ended up not qualifying for the final by only .06 seconds.

If Caldwell's protest resulted in a DQ for Mu, then Caldwell makes the final.

Would Caldwell's protest have been successful? I don't know. But what I do know is that if you work your butt off all year in order to try to make the final of the World Championships, then it's definitely worth paying $100 and filling out a protest form to give yourself every chance possible.

I thought the OP was a troll.

Then I watched the video. Mu was clearly running lane 2, then suddenly comes into lane 1 and goes down. This isn't something I'd DQ for but I"d definitely advance the other runner.

Men 440 yard dash, '60 & '70s, U.S. was like men & women 800m today. One turn stagger, great athletes boxed in, pushing & tripping and racing in lane three last 275 yards. Eight-hundred meters world record, 1939, 1:46.6. Today, many 800m men either 1:43.xx or 1:44.xx guys; many women, 1:56.xx to 1:58.xx. Eight-hundred meters needs to be four turn stagger. Eight-hundred meters will still be popular, will still be great television. Two-hundred meters, swimming, freestyle in Olympics gets roughly the same tv viewing and they swim in their lane.

Sometimes scientists look like trolls, but trolls are rarely scientists.

Agree! Sekgodiso bumped into Mu twice before and the 3rd bump did the trick. She did it to herself. OP should have watched the entire replay before posting.

I watched the video on YT at 0.25 speed, it's pretty clear to see what happened (I see three instances of contact):

At about 44.2 seconds on the race clock, Mu runs up a little too close to Moraa and runs into Moraa's right arm which causes a slight hitch in Mu's stride.

At about 53.7 seconds on the race clock, Mu's left leg is full extended behind her and as her foot is cycling through it contacts Sekgodiso's right knee, right on the knee cap. Sekgodiso had just thrown in a mini burst of speed to tighten up the gap so she's closer than Mu expected. You can barely see Mu's stride hitch (looks like she leans back a little and her hands come up a tiny bit).

At 1:08.0 Mu is crossing over the lane line from lane 2 to outside of lane 1, right into Sekgodiso's space. Any normal person could probably have pulled it off but Mu has such a gigantic stride there was no way she was fitting in that space. Sekgodiso's right quad contacts Mu's left leg just above the ankle, sending Mu's left foot into the back of her right calf, hooking it, which causes Mu to stand upright, the left foot to reach farther into lane 1 searching for balance, and then it cycles back straight into Sekgodiso's right knee, causing her to fall and propelling Mu out towards lane 2.

Mu seems to have a very upright stance, and her upper body is almost leaned back, which weirdly caused her to almost fall backwards, which is why her body motion is kind of unusual (I would have expected her to be pitched forward and trying not to fall on her face). When I saw the race in real time, I thought she was putting the brakes on and going to quit, but after watching it in slo mo many times, you can tell she is fighting as hard as she can to stay in it.

It's unfortunate that the greatest talent ever in the 800m is someone with such an incredibly big stride that she'll struggle to run in a pack without problems. I don't think this was a DQ worthy offense on Mu but Sekgodiso should be put in the final.