USA Olympic T&F Trials


SUJagFan said:
If Jeneba quit, she does not deserve a spot. If she didn't feel that she could beat the girl head up, then she was right ... she lost. You don't need people like that on your team.

Allyson shouldn't have conceded anything. She was willing to race the girl head-up. She's a runner. That's what she does. If you're running, I think the object is to win the race. She shouldn't be giving anybody shit.

If you can't win, stay your ass at home. That's the way I feel.

I'm proud of Allyson. Don't give her a damn thing.
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SUJagFan, I agree with DallasCowboyGirl in that I think that Allyson Felix should have stepped aside in the 100 after she made the team in the 200.

But I will say this: Lord knows, you have a point.
 
Why should Felix have given up a chance at multiple medals just because she qualified in another event. Don't make sense to me. That woman trained in both events and competed in both. No such thing as "shoulda stepped aside".
 



She will regret not participating in the runnoff but it's still some bogus stuff that took place. :smh:

http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/s...ut-vs-allyson-felix-usatf-incompetence-070212

So it’s over. They’ve done it: USA Track and Field officials have crushed sprinter Jeneba Tarmoh. It took only a little more than a week of the governing body’s nonstop incompetence to do it.

Tarmoh, apparently emotionally ruined from the botched handling of her dead-heat with Allyson Felix at the Olympic trials, has withdrawn from Monday night’s runoff for the final spot in the Olympic 100-meter sprint.

“In my heart of hearts, I just feel like I earned the third spot,’’ she said Sunday. “I almost feel like I was kind of robbed.’’

Of course she does. From the start, this thing seemed like a setup — whether it was or not.

"This is a Nike and NBC Sports deal," her high school coach, Steve Nelson, told the San Jose Mercury News. "This is Jeneba against the world. She feels like it’s everybody against her."

It was always going to feel that way. Felix is the darling of the sport, the person who was going to save track and field from its steroid-cheat image. She is great, well-spoken and with marketable good looks. Tarmoh is an unknown.

And when they finished the 100 meters during the trials, Tarmoh had been declared the third-place finisher, getting the third and final Olympic spot in the event. The times went up, and she was .001 seconds faster than Felix.

So officials quickly formed official sounding committees and ruled that Felix and Tarmoh could have a runoff or flip a coin. It was up to them. Or, one of them could drop out. That last official tiebreaker, dropping out, always seemed supicious. Why would anyone do that? It came off like a nod to sponsors to make an offer to Tarmoh.

There was no way it was going to work out. And the thing is, when you are making up rules after the fact, and dealing with one corporate superstar and one unknown, you have to make everything transparent to avoid the appearance of a fix.

That doesn’t mean this wasn’t actually a tie. It’s just that it looks bad.

Apparently, even Tarmoh was suspicious.

I was at the race, and at the time wrote that corporate interests and Nike and NBC had too much influence in the sport and too much money invested in Felix’s success:

“Let’s just say that Felix is not going to be swallowed up by this. Tarmoh might be.’’

She was.
 
TSU/BAMA said:
I agree. But what would you have done if you were in Allyson's shoes? I mean, I am just saying (as someone once said). :lol:
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Robber said:
Why should Felix have given up a chance at multiple medals just because she qualified in another event. Don't make sense to me. That woman trained in both events and competed in both. No such thing as "shoulda stepped aside".
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southsuburbs said:
She will regret not participating in the runnoff but it's still some bogus stuff that took place. :smh:

“In my heart of hearts, I just feel like I earned the third spot,’’ she said Sunday. “I almost feel like I was kind of robbed.’’Of course she does. From the start, this thing seemed like a setup — whether it was or not.

And when they finished the 100 meters during the trials, Tarmoh had been declared the third-place finisher, getting the third and final Olympic spot in the event. The times went up, and she was .001 seconds faster than Felix.

So officials quickly formed official sounding committees and ruled that Felix and Tarmoh could have a runoff or flip a coin. It was up to them. Or, one of them could drop out. That last official tiebreaker, dropping out, always seemed supicious. Why would anyone do that? It came off like a nod to sponsors to make an offer to Tarmoh.

There was no way it was going to work out. And the thing is, when you are making up rules after the fact, and dealing with one corporate superstar and one unknown, you have to make everything transparent to avoid the appearance of a fix.

That doesn’t mean this wasn’t actually a tie. It’s just that it looks bad.

Apparently, even Tarmoh was suspicious.

I was at the race, and at the time wrote that corporate interests and Nike and NBC had too much influence in the sport and too much money invested in Felix’s success:

“Let’s just say that Felix is not going to be swallowed up by this. Tarmoh might be.’’

She was.
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If it was me I would have given my friend and training partner that spot knowing that the 100 meters is not my strong race...and she is not 9 times out of 10 going to medal in the 100 meters...Now don't get me wrong Allyson will be kicking ass in that 200 meters and if she had run the 400 meters I would say she had a chance to medal (not gold but medal)...Yes Jenaba you were robbed...How I know...because I work for Flash Results the Timing Crew...with that being said I am walking out the door!
 
Well, if Allyson is not going to medal in the 100, then Jeneba wasn't going to either. If she can't clearly beat Allyson, how was she going to beat anybody else?

She was not robbed. She was given the opportunity to beat Allyson and leave no doubt. Forget NBC, Nike, her emotions and all of those other excuses. Win the race and they all don't matter. Yet, she chose to quit. If she was robbed, she robbed herself.

The real reason she didn't run is that she knows she can't beat Allyson in a head up race. She knew that she was going to lose and took the self-pity, blame everybody else route. So typical. It's always somebody else's fault.
 
southsuburbs said:
She will regret not participating in the runnoff but it's still some bogus stuff that took place. :smh:

http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/s...ut-vs-allyson-felix-usatf-incompetence-070212

So it’s over. They’ve done it: USA Track and Field officials have crushed sprinter Jeneba Tarmoh. It took only a little more than a week of the governing body’s nonstop incompetence to do it.

Tarmoh, apparently emotionally ruined from the botched handling of her dead-heat with Allyson Felix at the Olympic trials, has withdrawn from Monday night’s runoff for the final spot in the Olympic 100-meter sprint.

“In my heart of hearts, I just feel like I earned the third spot,’’ she said Sunday. “I almost feel like I was kind of robbed.’’

Of course she does. From the start, this thing seemed like a setup — whether it was or not.

"This is a Nike and NBC Sports deal," her high school coach, Steve Nelson, told the San Jose Mercury News. "This is Jeneba against the world. She feels like it’s everybody against her."

It was always going to feel that way. Felix is the darling of the sport, the person who was going to save track and field from its steroid-cheat image. She is great, well-spoken and with marketable good looks. Tarmoh is an unknown.

And when they finished the 100 meters during the trials, Tarmoh had been declared the third-place finisher, getting the third and final Olympic spot in the event. The times went up, and she was .001 seconds faster than Felix.

So officials quickly formed official sounding committees and ruled that Felix and Tarmoh could have a runoff or flip a coin. It was up to them. Or, one of them could drop out. That last official tiebreaker, dropping out, always seemed supicious. Why would anyone do that? It came off like a nod to sponsors to make an offer to Tarmoh.

There was no way it was going to work out. And the thing is, when you are making up rules after the fact, and dealing with one corporate superstar and one unknown, you have to make everything transparent to avoid the appearance of a fix.

That doesn’t mean this wasn’t actually a tie. It’s just that it looks bad.

Apparently, even Tarmoh was suspicious.

I was at the race, and at the time wrote that corporate interests and Nike and NBC had too much influence in the sport and too much money invested in Felix’s success:

“Let’s just say that Felix is not going to be swallowed up by this. Tarmoh might be.’’

She was.
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Like I said before, something wasn't right in the water.

Of course Nike and NBC want Allyson in that spot.

I wouldn't have given it up but no one can't say she was "pressured" a lil by everyone outside of her camp...
 
SUJagFan said:
The real reason she didn't run is that she knows she can't beat Allyson in a head up race. She knew that she was going to lose and took the self-pity, blame everybody else route. So typical. It's always somebody else's fault.
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SHE HAD ALREADY BEAT HER!!!
 
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