Valby WILL NOT BE disqualified. The announcers misspoke. Parker did the right thing to cut in.
Valby WILL NOT BE disqualified. The announcers misspoke. Parker did the right thing to cut in.
The Ethiopian ran the first turn in lane 5 when she didn't need to.
That's exactly what I saw. I'm surprised the world silver medalist announcer didn't notice.
She's not going to be anywhere near the podium so who cares?
The announcers corrected their mistake after reviewing the start.
What event is this?
I don't understand why this wasn't completely obvious to everyone. They had literally just showed her on the starting line a couple spots over from Schweizer, so we all knew that she did NOT start on the outer waterfall. Thus we can assume that anyone who thought Valby was going to be DQed does not know the most basic rules of track.
How is this board so full of people who don't know how starts work?
Agreed. And why didn't Kara Goucher understand how starts work either?
Not to mention if she had cut in too early she would’ve been ahead of the pack, not in the very back.
have you guys run track before? wrote:
I don't understand why this wasn't completely obvious to everyone. They had literally just showed her on the starting line a couple spots over from Schweizer, so we all knew that she did NOT start on the outer waterfall. Thus we can assume that anyone who thought Valby was going to be DQed does not know the most basic rules of track.
How is this board so full of people who don't know how starts work?
Hey, we're a bunch of idiots, you know that. But Kara Goucher screwed the pooch on that one.
ccr1 wrote:
Agreed. And why didn't Kara Goucher understand how starts work either?
Goucher too worried about pronouns to add anything of significance to the actual race
Looks like Valby has learned to run the tangents since losing to Tuohy in 2022 NCAA XC Championships.
ccr1 wrote:
Agreed. And why didn't Kara Goucher understand how starts work either?
I had Carrie Tollefson, not Kara
There is definitely a pattern of people assuming that Valby is unintelligent because she is young, blond, and pretty. Kara Goucher of all people should be more sensitive and aware that Valby graduated with honors from a good university. I love Kara Goucher, but she is way more of a dingbat than Valby... so show some respect!
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