She literally wrapped her hand around around Tsegay’s arm. No matter how much to shove for position you just don’t do that. Correct decision to DQ her.
I just added in the What a joke to the title. We watched the replay. The contact just before 800m to go SHOULD NOT result in a DQ of anybody. . Seriously people.
Faith knows Tsegay is going to drift and she kind of proactively gives her shove but it wasn't that bad. Our sport is a joke. If it that happened 5 meters from the finish, yes, but 820 meters? No.
Update by Rojo at 11:05 pm in Paris: I've now seen a front on shot. She does proactively appear to grab Hassan. Thus I actually can kind of see what she was DQd.
She literally wrapped her hand around around Tsegay’s arm. No matter how much to shove for position you just don’t do that. Correct decision to DQ her.
This happens when you have a position on track and someone runs up from behind you and throws their arm out in front of yours as they are trying to cut in on you.
I’m so tired of this crap. No other sport has fans that care at all about doping allegations. But it infests every thread on Letsrun. There isn’t a single athlete in all of track and field you can discuss without someone popping in to accuse them of doping.
I just added in the What a joke to the title. We watched the replay. The contact just before 800m to go SHOULD NOT result in a DQ of anybody. . Seriously people.
Faith knows Tsegay is going to drift and she kind of proactively gives her shove but it wasn't that bad. Our sport is a joke. If it that happened 5 meters from the finish, yes, but 820 meters? No.
I will say this until I'm blue in the face. When you occupy a spot on the track that someone wants to take, it's on them to avoid and not create the situation where you (the runner being passed) might initiate contact. The initiation of the contact is not the single determining factor in terms of culpability.