Ato Bolden predicted something like this needing to happen in order to serve as a catalyst to get the rule tossed.
As soon as the rule went into action last year I thought it was a joke. Of all reasons to be disqualified from a competition the powers that be decide to direct their focus to what amounts to a tactical error. What’s next:will NFL players be kicked out of a game for jumping off-sides, will MLB players be kicked out of a game for getting caught base steeling… it’s completely absurd.
I state this because more than one source has stated that the reason the rule was created in the first place was to relieve big television from the apparent “agony” of waiting for the field to reset after a false start and lengthening the air time.
As I stated in another thread regarding Ohuruogu, it’s ridiculous to jump on a race that is not decided by the start. The 100m, on the other hand, very well may be and the start plays a decidedly significant factor in the race outcome. In any case, I sure hope the rule gets tossed for all events.
This is pretty interesting. The first video isn’t clear, and the guy rambles on much too long. Watch the second video to see the apparent flinch by Blake. It happens 15 seconds into the video.
The 2nd video in that link is much clearer. Agreed this is an interesting development. Had Bolt raced under protest perhaps this video could have vindicated him. Bolt did not claim he was reacting to a flinch by Blake, and perhaps that is the reason he did not ask to run.
Bolt may just have reacted unconsciously (sub-consciously?) to the Blake Shake or to a noise in the crowd because the Koreans don’t shut up like more educated track crowds before a start.
I hate the no-break rule. It’s a disaster for everyone. Now it’s also a disaster for TV. Its those bastards who forced this time-expedient rule into being. Now they killed the goose who laid the golden egg. Rules should be sensible and should be for the greater benefit. This rule stinks. I preferred the one-break and a caution to the field approach in plaxce prior to last year. It wasn’t perfect but it allowed a nerve settler. These guys and girls are on a hair-trigger. Give them a break!
How about people who still think it was staged? For sure you’ll find another reason. Blake should have been disqualified but simply officials didn’t notice that flinch and I don’t blame them b/c they are not computers. Sorry but Blake is not a real champion
But in both of those cases the player/team is penalized (5 yards or an out, respectively). How do you penalize a track start? Move the start line back one or two meters per false start?
Without a penalty the multiple false start rule is a no-lose scenario to take a guess at the gun, guess correctly and you get a great start or get caught and run again against concentration shaken athletes.
the starting blocks are sensored and if a person FS a sound alerts the starter and this has been the case for years. its all computerised and basically fool proof. the fact that bolt didnt protest is incredible! you guys can say what you like about the korean crowd- dont forget these guys ran 2/3 rounds to get to the final and with 35000 fans during the 100m final-it wasnt exactly packed!!! alot of empty seats throughout the WCs…
*****how did ben do it in 88 soeul final. do BS there and when he did jump in the semi what did he do? did he rip off his shirt and hide…he protested which any normal person would do
I agree. This rule was put in place for tv. This has nothing to do with making the sport safer. Shit it has nothing to do with the athletes at all. Shit the rule didnt work at prefontaine. When they finally ran the race we didnt event get a replay. They cut it off to show the pre event of a horse race. the actual race didnt start for 2 hours. If they are worried about tv then show only the last 3 to 4 laps of the 10k and steeple. something knowone cares about. dont fuck up your marquee event. fucking idiots
The three Jamaican women had the three slowest reaction times in the 100m final. In fact, the difference between Jeter and Campbell-Brown (0.07s) was (almost) entirely due to Jeter’s faster reaction to the gun. Bolt’s disqualification didn’t cost Jamaica their men’s 100m gold medal, but did it cost them the women’s?
Likewise, Fraser-Price lost the battle for bronze not on the track but in the blocks.
That flinch pulled bolt out. Bolt pratices with this guy. He knew he had to go with him out the blocks. After the race bolt screamed “its too easy!” that doesnt sound like a man who was acting. He was mad at yohon for the flinch. No conspiracy…
The instant you break, you know you broke. Not 10m later, THE INSTANT. But, what you May not know, is if somebody else broke before you… He didnt wait to see if it was him who did so 1st.
Usain Bolt’s sensational disqualification is a black mark for International Athletics Federation
• Mike Hurst
• From:The Daily Telegraph
• August 30, 20118:17AM