Brenda Martinez, basically pushing to the front but not running faster. The rest of the girls bunching up behind her unable to get past. Collision was inevitable...looking though her other races she seems to bump into other runners a lot.
Nice kick Shelby. 👍 On a side note, why is Brenda Martinez always involved in pushing, shoving, and tripping incidents??? She’s the most intrusive runner I’ve ever seen. Jeez.
+Whis Although this was not her fault, she seems to be snake bit in big races; her use of elbows against Jenny was warranted as many of these ladies will be heading to Europe and those gals play rough, but I get your point.
mstrunn thanks for noticing. I went back and watched the race again to try and see what actually happened. There are 3 separate incidents involving Brenda. 1:59, throws a soft elbow to a runner that’s already gained the pass on her. 2:13, a little bit stronger elbow/bump on Simpson (looked to me like Simpson, like the previous girl, had already gained the pass). And then 3:17, it looked like Brenda was slowing down, causing another runner to roll up on her. Got nothing against Brenda, but go watch the 800M and 1500M Olympics Trials from 2016. There she is again.
mstrunn yeah she was in lane 1 but down the backstretch she moved to the middle of lane 1. People get passed on the inside of the same lane all the time. She was getting passed by Jenny on the outside and then this girl was coming through on the inside.
That shoulder bump @ 2:00 on the left side of the screen was a bit harsh 💀💀 That girl in pink who took the lead for a while was definitely pushing to stay a head and caused that girl to fall and lose her chance.
All the comments on Martinez...at the 2:40 mark in the race Simpson cut in on her, the push was warranted. At 3:38 she is trying to cut in from the middle of lane 1 to the inside at the start of the turn to gain momentum and possibly a step on those who stayed wide. She still had position and she got her heel clipped from behind by Johnson who at that point trailed by half a stride. It reminds me of the Decker-Budd incident in 84 with Decker trying to force her way on the inside, losing her balance when she caught Budd's heel being half a stride behind. You take that risk passing on the inside when someone is running in the middle of lane 1, especially when you have the metal curbing for someone to trip over in a stumble. Martinez's mistake is slowing it down too much between 900 and 1100. That left it open for the fast kickers like Shelby and Simpson to run up on her...she cannot outkick either of them with 200 or 250 to go. With no fall the best she does in that race is 4th. Had she kept it a bit faster 900 to 1100 I think she gets 3rd and maybe higher if someone boxes in Simpson or Shelby or they have to get around traffic on the outside of the final turn. At this level though in a slow pace elbows and pushes are to be expected.
ma ga nah pretty sure she's never outkicked shelby, Kate or Jenny. Sorry to burst your bubble there. The trip from behind was a mutual tumble. Martinez left it open for someone to come through, Johnson didn't get quite far enough in. The whole race the only person you see causing stumbles and bumps is Martinez. She does that in every race for no reason. Glad she fell. Maybe she'll stop throwing so many elbows
B Mart PR es apenas sub-4: 01, que es más lento que el décimo estadounidense más rápido, Regina Jacobs ... por más de medio segundo. El punto es que hay una diferencia entre un 'pequeño golpe' y jugar pinball humano cuando no tienes ninguna posibilidad de ganar.
initially there was a benefit of a doubt when that poor girl with flower in her hair got tripped at the olympic trials and brenda was involved. then another..hmm then another ..what? and another..what the hell?
Not all and not always. Swap to international level! You won't find any Martinezes there but Shelby and Jenny. Nothing wrong with calling these athlets beautiful. I like the pictures when they run sychronously from the start and when they accelerate then in the last round.
Amazing.. what fantastic competition .. Great athletics showing and sharing some of the very best of the best.. thank you for this video. Well done Houlihan.. well done!
Martinez is always right in the middle of some sketchy elbowing, pushing, and tripping...always. 1500/mile is always a distance where things can get hairy but with her it's like she's more into blocking than she is running. was not unhappy to see her go down. hope the other runner is alright.
@@justinnibaur5271 Lance Armstrong and Mario Jones never tested positive and were tested hundreds of times throughout their careers. Anyone that things negative tests mean everyone is clean is absurdly naive
@@veganpotterthevegan The fact that you try to tarnish all of these athletes is just not right. They put the work in and deserve respect. Anyone that thinks all positives are correct is absurdly naive. I have much faith that nobody in this field has ever doped including shelby
Everyone in here is busting Brenda's chops and blaming her when you know quite well she is not to be blamed for getting pushed around or spiked from the back. It's been going on for many years and races and the commentators and most people ignore how much the other runners hate on her. I wondered why!!!???
Another drug cheat busted ... we all knew she was doped and now we caught her. Only sad part is she is not banned for life ... a disgrace to athletics and another black mark on a ruined sport.
I stand corrected.....on the very first trip....a runner moved inward to her left directly fouling Martinez and with the fall...usually the runner behind (Behind Martinez) causes the problem by tripping up the lead runner....so I offer her rye bread as a condolance prize!
#9 Brenda Martinez was pushing shoving and caused a trip and fall. She deserved to fall and should have been DQed for contact. Cant stand runners like her. Spoil Sport.
@@Jumbosock almost no one cut her off, on two separate occasions and two separate athletes she bloody swatted at as they merely tried to pass her who tf does that?
The basic issue was that the 2 fastest runners chose to start at the back in a short race. Their moves to the front ended up making it a more aggressive race than necessary. Huge props to both of them, but no need to “play humble”-it just disrupts the race. Cheers
LMAO it's not called "playing humble" it's called staying out of traffic. Just because you're the fastest in the field doesn't mean you need to be at the front from the gun. That's not always a great tactic if you're a fast kicker. If you know you're faster on the last lap than everyone in front of you, why do you need to be up there? How many times did we see Mo Farah go straight to the back in a 5k/10k? And still win. The aggression came from Martinez shoving everyone
That one girl who fell inward w about 300m to go....what a knucklehead.....she jus caused one other to trip putting her out and tripped 2 others in total of 3 tripping incidents....
+Jaymes That's not so, Brenda already had position on the inside, she did not impede anyone, the girl behind her clipped her, Brenda was in perfect position to strike with 300 to go, when you're bunched up like that things happen.
mstrunn I'm perfectly aware of things like that but if you watch it, down the back stretch she starts to go wide in lane 1 and leaves an opening for the girl to gain some ground on the inside. When they came to the turn (200 to go. Idk why everyone keeps saying 300) she came back inside right infront of the girl. The girl didn't change anything about how she was running on the inside, Brenda just cut over too close. It's obvious.
These announcers need to correct themselves with medals..... for all the people that have been banned..... Brenda mArtinez has a SILVER medal because of Savivova being banned .... very rude to not correct their status.
Next year they will be at the Olympics,because the IOC lifted the ban,for Athletics,but they are still banned by IAAF. And with a year and half,the banned athletes will target it
Why isn't RU-vid promoting women who don't dope and are eligible to represent us. It's because Big Tech is left and Nike is left. The doping story has been suppressed. What are the facts? Pork burrito. Got it.
Siempre me handan tumbando a Brenda Martínez en estados unidos que les pasa? Compite internacionalmente y no pasa nada. Compite en usa y de 3 carreras me la tumban 1 . Ya parenle
B Mart PR es solo sub-4: 01, que es más lento que el décimo estadounidense más rápido, Regina Jacobs ... *por más de medio segundo.* No hay posibilidad de ganar, salvo jugar "human piball"
She got caught, and there's a high probability other in this race were doing the same things, but were not caught. Remember, steroids don't make you run faster. They keep your body from being tore down after hard interval sessions So the fact she trained like an animal or not isn't even a question. She did. But others not on steroids tried to train as hard as she did and got injured or listened to their body and trained a level down and couldn't compete with her.
The shit she got popped for isn’t even what people take anymore when cheating in endurance sports. If she wanted to cheat she would have taken EPO not Nandrolone. False positives happen all the time.
