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Many of these athletes grew up running relays. They are supposed to know the rules fair and square. The coaches are also there to advise and/or remind their athletes of these rules in order to avoid mistakes.
@@garethnorth6530 Gareth, what has Alexis Holmes's baton transfer issue in the 4x400m got to do with this discussion?!🤣🤪---I presume you are still hurt from the fact that in front of the entire world, your precious darling, Femke Bol fell flat on her face and embarrassed herself---But then again, we all know that Bol cannot perform well under pressure--she easily panics and at times, fall over flat on her face.😜
@@kobbieafriyie2172 your unqualified opinion of Femke Bol does not match that of USA 4 x Olympic Champion Sanya Richards-Ross who also holds the 400m USA National record who was talking about her in 2023 on NBC Sports. As an athletics expert you too will have heard the comments. You asked what has ALexis HOlmes got to do with this - it is Alexis Holmes in ht mixed at Budapest referred to in the comment you replied to - and as for Alexis Holmes she panicked in the 400m women’s relay at Budapest and embarrassed herself with the baton error - that’s what happens when she is under pressure and also why she came second in the 400m relay this year in Glasgow coming second behind…. Femke Bol. Yes Alexis Holmes has only done it once ( dropped baton ) however for Femke Bol remind me of the other times ( times plural - your word ) when she has fallen in a race - or was it just once and you were exaggerating ? Only one athlete is allowed to have a poor race in your world.
@@garethnorth6530 You seem emotionally hurt and desperate to defend your darling Bol---but the fact is Femke is a second-rated athlete compared to Sydney------and in a few months, in Paris, Sydney will beat and embarrass Femke Bol so badly, you and her will not recover from the humiliation-----keep crying, Gareth.😝😆😆
The rule is too rigid-alot can change 200 to 300 meters out.The test should be wether or not you impeded the other runners.That rule as it is can cause alot of congestion acutally impeding the other runners.
Whoever is leading at the 200 hundred meter mark….. gets to be on lane one. Changing your spot is above your pay grade…… the official does the assignment. Don’t FCK with it. Now …… what do we do ? ? ? Do we still run in the Olympics or not ?????
Wait This Is Crazy Definitely BS Thee Officials Don’t Know The Rules Of Track and Field Obviously SMDH 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ Thee USA Incoming Runner Was In First Coming Off The Turn So Please Make It Make Sense Anything and Any Reason To Disqualify The USA in a Relay if he Replaced Himself USA Had To Be First Coming In For Thee Exchange Rite 👀👀👀 🤔🤔🤔
The officials knew the rules, the placings are set according to where the incoming runners were at the 200m mark. An athlete has no right to change it. Maybe a bit pedantic but better than allow for a free for all. Fortunately for the US they are strong enough to qualify by either of the other ways, and they qualified by winning the Day 2 heats, albeit unseeded. In fact it's worse for the other teams now because the US can create, what is called in rugby when two or three top teams are in the same group, a "pool of death" in their heat in the Olympics
The Africans in America, Canada won the gold and silver.Thwre was no white race in both teams. They are all Africans with African blood. If Americans and Canadians think they are superior, why didn't they field their original white blood.? Why using blacks? Blacks are superiors. Black gene is the strongest and greatest. Proud to be a black man.
India ran a very smart race given that they don’t have any popular names. Pretty much all the other teams got a runner name mentioned by the commentators except for India.
They still qualified for the Olympics on Day 2 but just won't be in a seeded spot with preferential positioning. With the quality of their team this wasn't a serious setback. This time. But if this had happened at, say, the Olympics it would have cost them a medal chance
I remember this one and I was pissed she didn’t move but they were dq. They put her in that spot and she didn’t move they should have caught that ruling
God saw it fit to comfort Botswana n South Africa after both countries experienced tragedies, SA 7 nationals perishing in RTA in Botswana n 45 Batswana nationals perished in SA a month apart, heart breaking how SA delegates brought the remains to Bots only to leave with some back to SA, but here they are, celebrating together, a 3 weeks to a month later, comforting indeed.