Re: t-and-f: What in the world happened?
In a message dated 8/9/01 21:02:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: All I have is the agate on the IAAF/Edmonton web site- 42 women started the 20K Walk, and FIFTEEN OF THEM got disqualified!!! Is that a new record or something? More than a third of the field. i make no claims to being a walk aficionado, but in the limited amount of time alloted to me to introduce the leading characters before they left the stadium, I think I menitoned 9 people and 7 of them got DQed. It wasn't just that a lot of people got nicked, it was that a high percentage of them were legit medal contenders. gh
t-and-f: What in the world happened?
Okay, All I have is the agate on the IAAF/Edmonton web site- 42 women started the 20K Walk, and FIFTEEN OF THEM got disqualified!!! Is that a new record or something? More than a third of the field. [I haven't seen the TV- just got home from a parent's planning meeting for a H.S. team XC training camp at Mammoth Lakes next week (my son- 10th grade). yes, HS teams get in their August altitude training camp these days- in my day, a High School August meant pounding through miles of sand through the Florida orange groves in the area I lived, along with occasional beach races ] Back to the walk- one of those DQ'd was Michelle Rohl. Fill us in Mike- what happened? Outrageous judging? A third of the field took a wrong turn and got accused of cutting the course? RT
Re: t-and-f: What in the world happened?
Netters This is going to both the TF list and the race walk list. For those on the racewalk list Randy Treadway is a I-friend of mine. He wrote: Okay, All I have is the agate on the IAAF/Edmonton web site- 42 women started the 20K Walk, and FIFTEEN OF THEM got disqualified!!! Snip Back to the walk- one of those DQ'd was Michelle Rohl. Fill us in Mike- what happened? Outrageous judging? Well it could have been very strict judging. Outrageous could be the word used but honestly I just don't know. Michelle has a bad habit of not calling me while away - especially when something bad happens. I will say this though, for certain reasons, I had thought Michelle might be off her game a bit but we have to get some tests done first. She will be home tommorrow and when I get a report I'll let you know. Interestingly the last time Michelle got DQed was May of 98 in her first 20k. Since that time she has done a great deal of technique work and hasn't had any problems, including a world cup and the Olympics. But as I have always said, walking is a tricky event, you have to have be right on to get it right - just imagine hitting that long jump board every step. A third of the field took a wrong turn and got accused of cutting the course? Don't we wish. Talk to you all tommorrow morning. Mike
