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[jnosbon]
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http://www.mercurynews.com/other-sports/ci_20993233/family-jeneba-tarmoh-glad-she-followed-her-heart
I respect both Allison Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh for their talent, professionalism, and hard work, but Tarmoh gets my vote for her act of great nobility.
It appears that she was under pressure to do whatever USATF and/or Nike wanted in terms of the coin flip/race off. It was obvious in the post-meeting interviews that she wasn't comfortable with it.
Some may say that she lost her nerve. I disagree--I believe she demonstrated the highest integrity. She chose to sacrifice her own dreams in order to elevate someone else and bring peace to a bad situation (and to USATF, who frankly don't deserve it). They look like corporate schmucks; she looks a lot like Christ.
I may or may not remember who wins the 100 in London; but I will never forget this humble young lady and her selfless act. I hope the coach has the wisdom to put put her in the 4x100 final in London. She's shown that she can be trusted.
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[bed2]
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Still i was looking forward to the rematch.
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jnosbon wrote:
http://www.mercurynews.com/other-sports/ci_20993233/family-jeneba-tarmoh-glad-she-followed-her-heart
I respect both Allison Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh for their talent, professionalism, and hard work, but Tarmoh gets my vote for her act of great nobility.
It appears that she was under pressure to do whatever USATF and/or Nike wanted in terms of the coin flip/race off. It was obvious in the post-meeting interviews that she wasn't comfortable with it.
Some may say that she lost her nerve. I disagree--I believe she demonstrated the highest integrity. She chose to sacrifice her own dreams in order to elevate someone else and bring peace to a bad situation (and to USATF, who frankly don't deserve it). They look like corporate schmucks; she looks a lot like Christ.
I may or may not remember who wins the 100 in London; but I will never forget this humble young lady and her selfless act. I hope the coach has the wisdom to put put her in the 4x100 final in London. She's shown that she can be trusted. |
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OK, I know the whole, she was one the quickresults as third, etc. etc. Yes she seems to be a decent person, and her decision is admirable, etc. etc.
BUT, what can we expect from USATF? That is to say, what else could USATF have done to not look like corporate schmucks? I'm no fan of USATF, but it seems like they did a decent job of figuring out a way out of this situation.
Sure, it sucks she was on the quick results before the tape was reviewed. That was a mistake. I'm sure somewhere there is a bylaw that states results on a scoreboard aren't official until verified by video, or some such other ridiculously inane thing.
But given that there was a dead heat, i.e. being fair to BOTH runners by ensuring they received accurate results for their efforts, how else can anyone expect this situation to be resolved?
I see three options. 1) decision by achievement, ie a runoff. 2) decision by chance, ie a coinflip. 3) decision by arbitrariness, ie USATF picks who they like better.
I know no one wants to see option 3, and thank god it wasn't even suggested. So what else could Tarmoh expect? I understand it's a difficult situation, it's personal dreams, etc. But at one point does she have to live with the consequences of not running .01 faster?
Did I miss anything? Was there any other extenuating circumstances?
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[Bartlett]
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Tim Layden of Sports Illustrated wrote two EXCELLENT articles on the whole controversy.
What many people don't realize is that the results as posted on the scoreboard are UNOFFICIAL results. You can read the SI stories here:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/olympics/2012/writers/tim_layden/07/01/felix.tarmoh.100.runoff.newser/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/olympics/2012/writers/tim_layden/07/02/jeneba-tarmoh-allyson-felix-100-meter-runoff/index.html
LetsRun has a great piece, including an interview with the timer (who initially protested his own decision because he wanted to make sure it was correct, it being the Trials and all. He says he would call it the same, with Tarmoh in third, every time):
http://letsrun.com/2012/behindthescenes-0623.php and http://letsrun.com/2012/felix-0623.php
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[Puppypunter2]
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jnosbon wrote:
http://www.mercurynews.com/other-sports/ci_20993233/family-jeneba-tarmoh-glad-she-followed-her-heart
I respect both Allison Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh for their talent, professionalism, and hard work, but Tarmoh gets my vote for her act of great nobility.
It appears that she was under pressure to do whatever USATF and/or Nike wanted in terms of the coin flip/race off. It was obvious in the post-meeting interviews that she wasn't comfortable with it.
Some may say that she lost her nerve. I disagree--I believe she demonstrated the highest integrity. She chose to sacrifice her own dreams in order to elevate someone else and bring peace to a bad situation (and to USATF, who frankly don't deserve it). They look like corporate schmucks; she looks a lot like Christ.
I may or may not remember who wins the 100 in London; but I will never forget this humble young lady and her selfless act. I hope the coach has the wisdom to put put her in the 4x100 final in London. She's shown that she can be trusted. |
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She didn't do the run-off because she knew she had no chance. She was
so butt-hurt over the situation because she knew that beating Felix was a
1/100 chance and she had thought she'd done it.
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