08-25-2003, 02:06 AM
Jon Drummond did not deserve to be disqualified from the quarter-finals like he was. If you look at the replay, you can see that the man (think his name was Apo or somethin) moved before Jon. You can aslo see that Jon jiggled his foot before Apo took off. The announcers pointed out that the blocks sense the pressure on them so they know when someone took off before the gun. Now if Jon jiggled his foot that could have set off the sensor, disqualifying him unfairly.
And even if he did take off before Apo you can't blame him. Like the Canadian racer who came in third said "When you get nervous you twitch so it's not his fault he twitched." The rules are stupid and should be changed. Give the athletes the benefit of the doubt, or give them more than two chances. These people train for years and years dreaming of going to the Olympics or the World Championship, all to be disqualified because they twitched?
The rules should be changed, the fans were right to delay the race by booing and yelling. Does anyone know the e-mail address or How I can reach the IAAF? They need a talking to and I'm in a mad talking mood.
And even if he did take off before Apo you can't blame him. Like the Canadian racer who came in third said "When you get nervous you twitch so it's not his fault he twitched." The rules are stupid and should be changed. Give the athletes the benefit of the doubt, or give them more than two chances. These people train for years and years dreaming of going to the Olympics or the World Championship, all to be disqualified because they twitched?
The rules should be changed, the fans were right to delay the race by booing and yelling. Does anyone know the e-mail address or How I can reach the IAAF? They need a talking to and I'm in a mad talking mood.
But I told that kid a hundred times "Don't take the Lakes for granted.
They go from calm to a hundred knots so fast they seem enchanted."
But tonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl lies staring at the wall,
And her lover's gone into a white squall.
They go from calm to a hundred knots so fast they seem enchanted."
But tonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl lies staring at the wall,
And her lover's gone into a white squall.