on 20/8/01 12:21 AM, Alan Shank at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looking back at Estevez' complaint, I'm coming around to his way of
thinking. To me, it does spoil the beauty of an international
championship to have a runner sacrifice himself to benefit a teammate.
For one thing, I think of track
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Though the rules seem to apply only to lapped runners providing pacing
assistance (Bob Hersh?), I feel that El Guerrouj and Kaouch should have
been
disqualified for violating the spirit of fair play, especially since
officials were aware of
In a message dated Sun, 19 Aug 2001 10:24:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Michael
Contopoulos [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Walt, as Bob said, why should El G be disqualified as everyone in that race had the
benefit of Kaouch, not just El G.
While I'm not joining the forces calling for a DQ, I do
B. Kunnath wrote:
Alan,
Great analysis! A little unfair to ElG to use the championship rabbit
excuse as his winning strategy. After all in a rabbited race, anyone can use
the services of the said rabbit. If all the runners know that ElG is the man
to beat, and they use the rabbit as much
Hey, I wish that El G wouldn't use his countrymen as rabbits as well. BUT,
I don't feel as though it is worthy of disqualification. Lagat should have
gone out ahead of Kaouch and slowed the pace down. Or the Spanish should
have boxed him in. There are many ways to get around it that a true
Randall Northam wrote:
on 20/8/01 12:21 AM, Alan Shank at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looking back at Estevez' complaint, I'm coming around to his way of
thinking. To me, it does spoil the beauty of an international
championship to have a runner sacrifice himself to benefit a teammate.
In a message dated 8/20/01 9:38:55 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
By this reasoning, the winner should be DQ'ed in the 1500 at every GP meet
where there's a rabbit (which means at just about every GP meet). IAAF
rules, after all, apply to all international competition, not just the
World
And Bob, please explain why what Kaouch did in 1999 and this year is any
different, in terms of fair play, than when a lapped (or about to be
lapped) runner provides pacing help to a teammate (which is covered in
the
IAAF rules).
Simple - a lapped runner can be at an advantage over the
In a message dated 8/19/01 7:41:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Here's hoping when/if El Guerrouj contests the 5000 final in Paris 2003
that any other Moroccans who may be in the race will be running for
themselves!
Though the rules seem to apply only to lapped runners providing pacing
Alan,
Great analysis! A little unfair to ElG to use the championship rabbit
excuse as his winning strategy. After all in a rabbited race, anyone can use
the services of the said rabbit. If all the runners know that ElG is the man
to beat, and they use the rabbit as much as he does, I dont see
Walt, as Bob said, why should El G be disqualified as everyone in that race
had the benefit of Kaouch, not just El G. The people who complain that it
is unfair, IMHO, are those that are jealous because they can't hang in a
fast race. El G is the best out there and he wins by running his
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