¶'09 WC w1500: Maryam Jamal (Bahrain) 4:03.74

[James Fields]

Red flag in WC 1500m ?

elcaballo wrote "Apparently a trackside judge has a red flag up. So assume she'll be disqualified. . ."

rich xx 87 wrote "... an on-field judge raised a red flag near the incident and thus there will be no need for anyone to file a protest."
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IAAF Rules clarity review seems needed here.

A track event Umpire lacks authority to make a final decision, instead raises a Yellow flag and makes an immediate written report on the incident to the Referee. -- IAAF Rule 127

A field event Judge indicates the validity of a trial [jump or throw] by raising a White flag or non-validity by raising a Red flag. -- IAAF Rule 126

The Referee shall not act as a judge or umpire. -- IAAF Rule 125 (Actions that a referee can take include declaring "an event void and be contested again either on the same day or on some future occasion.")
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Umpires commonly observe from the track's outer edge. If a Red flag was raised by an on-field judge, it may have been to signal that a long jumper or javelin thrower stepped over the foul line.

[Grazerism]

Story here in Z is that the Spanish federation will award Rodríguez the WC cash prize as support for her "win." Supposedly, they have also asked the Spanish OC to give her the level of support that goes with being a world champion.

If this is true, the Ethopian federation should pay Burka double what Rodriguez gets.

[rgjp]

40.87

Believe it, it's true![/quote]

[Diego Sahagún]

Last 300 in 40.87!

http://www.rfea.es/competi/result2009/a ... celona.pdf

Yep

[Diego Sahagún]

Story here in Z is that the Spanish federation will award Rodríguez the WC cash prize as support for her "win." Supposedly, they have also asked the Spanish OC to give her the level of support that goes with being a world champion.

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/deportes ... udep_5/Tes

[The Captain]

Last 300 in 40.87!

http://www.rfea.es/competi/result2009/a ... celona.pdf

[gh]

Story here in Z is that the Spanish federation will award Rodríguez the WC cash prize as support for her "win." Supposedly, they have also asked the Spanish OC to give her the level of support that goes with being a world champion.

[midnightsun]

I find that VERY hard to believe. I'd dare say it's "0 Kelvin"-like impossible. Unless she covered the first 1200 in 7 minutes that is.

Reference?

[rgjp]

I also thought that Rodriguez was one of the favorites to win.

I read in a race recap that at the Spanish national championships, she closed the last 300 of her race in 40 seconds.

[Diego Sahagún]

8'35 is nothing special

Who has said that it's special :?:

[fatman]

unless the spaniard finished off her semi in something like 58/59s in her ?4'03, that doesn't make her "class" of any field considering jamal/burka/etc were only trying to qualify with minimal energy expenditure

on that likely assumption for the africans, it was expected they were saving all their energy for the final & expected to run close/at their sbs

Did you _watch_ the semi final? Or are you just throwing around hypothetical numbers? And the numbers you are "quoting" are actually just your guesses at what happened (since you clearly don't know what her closing split was). I did watch the semi final, Rodriguez was coasting. It was obvious she had a whole lot more to give than her competitors. And in the final, nobody was able to touch her down the stretch - so she validated her performance in the semi and proved she was far and away the best runner at the Championships. What is the mystery here? I have nothing more to say on this.

[26mi235]

If the Ethiopian wouldn't have fallen to the track Rodríguez wouldn't have been disqualified in my opinion.

She stepped completely inside the track on what was probably the beginning of the curve [and what an athletic jump back to avoid the equipment right in front of her]. Since she was the instigator of the contact that probably would have led to a DQ; which is what the commentators said looking at the replay immediately afterwords. I am NOT expert on that type of call so it is a guess, not an opinion on my part.

I did find myself feeling quite sorry for her after the finish. The look on her face as she was down with Burka with the recognition of what she had wrought for Burka and for herself. Certainly a moment she wanted back and knew she could not hit a 'rewind' button. Malicious is not the first word that comes to mind and she will likely be cautious about anything close to a replay in the future -- I hope that it does not inhibit her racing.

[joeltetreault]

To be fair, in that 8:35 3000m she kicked the last 2000 in 5:37 and beat Marta Dominguez (steeplechase champ) in the process. She was obviously capable of faster if the pace went out for the first kilo in barely under 3. Handing Dominguez one of her only defeats this season would also be telling.

[eldrick]

8'35 is nothing special

[Diego Sahagún]

Natalia Rodríguez is the 3000 m world leader at the moment