Pre 110H

[Jnathletics]

Start List

Lane 3 Anwar Moore
Lane 4 Liu Xiang (China)
David Payne
Shi Dongpeng (China)
Aries Merritt
Lane 6 Ryan Wilson
Antwan Hicks
Joel Brown

Boldon states Liu doesn't look comfortable

Liu Dq'ed in second false start

[Jnathletics]

Liu Xiang is on the starting line.

[guru]

Liu Xiang is on the starting line.

Not anymore. :shock:

[Jnathletics]

Wilson also out of race

Moore 13.09
Payne 13.28
Hicks 13.30

[Marlow]

This is awesome - I picked AJ, who was on the USATF start list for their Visa contest!

[mump boy]

Liu Xiang is on the starting line.

Not anymore. :shock:

i give up on this game

[Smoke]

Anyone know what happened to Ryan?

[TrackCEO]

Wow, was that obvious and transparent -- Shi jumps, then Liu jumps. No worries. Relief plastered on Liu's face. :wink:

K E N

[GeorgiaFan1]

Anyone have the times?

[gm]

1
Anwar Moore
USA
13.09
0.157
2
David Payne
USA
13.28
0.155
3
Antwan Hicks
USA
13.30
0.191
4
Joel Brown
USA
13.45
0.168
5
Shi Dongpeng
China
13.50
0.142
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Ryan Wilson
USA
DNF
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Liu Xiang
China
FS

[Kevin Richardson]

I am not normally given to conspiracy theories, but I get the feeling that Liu's team mate set up the first false start (not even close) so that Liu would be able to withdraw from the race while saving face. It just seemed to convenient to me.

Not that I find anything inherently wrong with the tactic, but it just seems far to convenient.

Now, let the arrows being to fly.; ops:

[bruce3404]

Not sure if this was on TV, but after the first false start, Liu was rubbing his hamstring a lot while walking back to the blocks for the re-start. No one expected him to start today and it was such a pleasant surprise, but he obviously didn't feel right after the first false start and perhaps intentionally false-started rather than claim injury......perhaps he also was able to pick up his appearance fee that way. I don't think anyone can blame him for not running if he didn't feel 100%, and it was a bit coolish today as well.

[marknhj]

I am not normally given to conspiracy theories, but I get the feeling that Liu's team mate set up the first false start (not even close) so that Liu would be able to withdraw from the race while saving face. It just seemed to convenient to me.

Not that I find anything inherently wrong with the tactic, but it just seems far to convenient.

Now, let the arrows being to fly.; ops:

No arrows from me. I thought the same...

[Daisy]

At one point i thought he had withdrawn. Was he forced back into the race? If so, then i could see an intentional false start being likely. Will there be a penalty if it is deemed a no effort to compete appearance? And if so what about the athletes that came to PRE in apparently bad shape? Possibly no speed work at all before this meet for many of these athletes? Is the incentive for athlete to do well high enough at this meet?

[lonewolf]

Make that three votes for suspected Chinese false start conspiracy.