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European Indoor Championships 2019- Glasgow 1st-3rd March

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  • #62
    walshb
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    Come on, Mark!


  • #63
    walshb
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    FFS!


  • #64
    El CabaIIo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 354 ✭✭El CabaIIo


    Bollix. Always dangerous to be hanging around the back


  • #65
    skyblue46
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    walshb wrote: »
    FFS!

    Terribly unfortunate...


  • #66
    walshb
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    Front, back, middle....can’t legislate for these things, or guarantee they won’t get you...


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  • #67
    wgtomblin
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    Desperately unlucky. He looked comfortable up until then.


  • #68
    walshb
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    Protest won’t see a rerun!


  • #69
    tbukela
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    Any chance of him getting a place in the final as mentioned in commentary?


  • #70
    walshb
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    Mark doesn’t deserve a place...

    Places are earned...

    They cannot rerun the race...


  • #71
    Flynnboslice
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    tbukela wrote: »
    Any chance of him getting a place in the final as mentioned in commentary?

    Appeal lodged, small chance given learmonth came up on the inside


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  • #72
    El CabaIIo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 354 ✭✭El CabaIIo


    walshb wrote: »
    Mark doesn’t deserve a place...

    Places are earned...

    They cannot rerun the race...

    They don't rerun on appeal. They just give an athlete a place in the final if the appeal is passed.


  • #73
    walshb
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    El CabaIIo wrote: »
    They don't rerun on appeal. They just give an athlete a place in the final if the appeal is passed.

    I get that...

    But you cannot do that either...

    What about the other runners who didn’t qualify..

    I am gutted, but it’s the nature of the beast..

    Nobody can say had Mark not tripped he qualifies...


  • #74
    raiders11
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    Am informed, track referee is a Donegal man :)


  • #75
    El CabaIIo
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    walshb wrote: »
    I get that...

    But you cannot do that either...

    What about the other runners who didn’t qualify..

    I am gutted, but it’s the nature of the beast..

    Nobody can say had Mark not tripped he qualifies...

    They ran unimpeded races. This isn't the first time this has ever happened, rulings like this have been in Athletics for donkeys years


  • #76
    Flynnboslice
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭Flynnboslice


    walshb wrote: »
    El CabaIIo wrote: »
    They don't rerun on appeal. They just give an athlete a place in the final if the appeal is passed.

    I get that...

    But you cannot do that either...

    What about the other runners who didn’t qualify..

    I am gutted, but it’s the nature of the beast..

    Nobody can say had Mark not tripped he qualifies...

    Learmonths DQ actually changes things greatly as English was the person directly involved in this which adds weight to his case


  • #77
    pconn062
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    walshb wrote: »
    I get that...

    But you cannot do that either...

    What about the other runners who didn’t qualify..

    I am gutted, but it’s the nature of the beast..

    Nobody can say had Mark not tripped he qualifies...

    Who says they cannot, you? Learmont was disqualified, so a protest can be lodged. Sara Treacy was advanced to the final in a 3k steeple a few years ago in similar circumstances. You can't go up the inside and impede an athlete if the space is not there.


  • #78
    walshb
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    Relax, lads. I just disagree with it..

    What about lad who finished 4th in both heats?

    Mark fell. Impeded or not. He, or any other faller in theses type races have to take it...


  • #79
    walshb
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    The correct and fair way for “all the non qualifiers” is for the two semis to be raced again...

    But that won’t happen...


  • #80
    El CabaIIo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 354 ✭✭El CabaIIo


    walshb wrote: »
    Relax, lads. I just disagree with it..

    What about lad who finished 4th in both heats?

    Mark fell. Impeded or not. He, or any other faller in theses type races have to take it...

    Next time Euro indoors are on, each country should have an enforcer runner like hockey who goes around hacking and spiking all the favourites to knock them out of the heats so their fellow strongest Country man contender goes into a final with all the favourites missing.


  • #81
    walshb
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    Well, if I was the lad who finished 4th I wouldn’t be happy if the person who finished last got awarded a finals spot ahead of me...no matter why or how he finished last...

    I’d lodge a protest...


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  • #82
    Mike Oxlong
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    walshb wrote: »
    Well, if I was the lad who finished 4th I wouldn’t be happy if the person who finished last got awarded a finals spot ahead of me...no matter why or how he finished last...

    I’d lodge a protest...

    But you'd have finished no better than 4th anyways..so appeal denied!


  • #83
    walshb
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    Mike Oxlong wrote: »
    But you'd have finished no better than 4th anyways..so appeal denied!

    Yes. Denied. I’d be appealing on the basis of it being unfair, and calling for a rerun...

    To think that a faller, who comes in behind you then gets awarded a finals race because of an impending incident is just ridiculous...

    I’m bemused how anyone can think this fair...


  • #84
    El CabaIIo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 354 ✭✭El CabaIIo


    walshb wrote: »
    Well, if I was the lad who finished 4th I wouldn’t be happy if the person who finished last got awarded a finals spot ahead of me...no matter why or how he finished last...

    I’d lodge a protest...

    I thought you'd be too busy running around more circles...


  • #85
    OOnegative
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    walshb wrote: »
    Yes. Denied. I’d be appealing on the basis of it being unfair, and calling for a rerun...

    To think that a faller, who comes in behind you then gets awarded a finals race because of an impending incident is just ridiculous...

    I’m bemused how anyone can think this fair...


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  • #86
    pconn062
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    He's been reinstated. Good.


  • #87
    OOnegative
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    pconn062 wrote: »
    He's been reinstated. Good.


    Great stuff.


  • #88
    tbukela
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    pconn062 wrote: »
    He's been reinstated. Good.

    Delighted for him.


  • #89
    walshb
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    Delighted for him...


  • #90
    jamule
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    Just watched it now, Leatmluths fault, stupid and impatient. English was always gonna be reinstated.


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  • #91
    raiders11
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    Great stuff, go and win it now


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