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ffelknirznarf said:
i don't think the woman who tripped or the males who fell should get any accommodations that would allow them to qualify. it is to bad, but it is a race, and things happen.

you could make an argument they should have positioned themselves better in the field to avoid this problem. they could have run in the wind in the front or off the back and given themselves space to avoid a collision. nobody talks about restarting the indy 500 if someone is taken out in a crash.

if they don't want the randomness of a race effect the outcomes than they could change the event to having one runner on the track at a time. imagine how boring that would be to watch 12 runners run 10k one at a time after each other.

now if you could prove that someone was taken out on purpose, well the offending runner or team should be punished, but that does not seem applicable to either of these instances.
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Your example does not align. In nascar, when there is an accident, the race is essentially stopped as speed drops roughly from 200mph to 50 mph and racers have the opportunity to catch the end before getting lapped.

In the men's 10k, they are running a touch faster than 12mph so your example would mean they should force the runners to walk at 3mph pace to allow the crashed runners the opportunity to get back with the lead pack
 
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How does the appeal process work? How does an AD voice his displeasure with decisions that his fellow college executives make at the NCAA?
 
8bitnes said:
Your example does not align. In nascar, when there is an accident, the race is essentially stopped as speed drops roughly from 200mph to 50 mph and racers have the opportunity to catch the end before getting lapped.

In the men's 10k, they are running a touch faster than 12mph so your example would mean they should force the runners to walk at 3mph pace to allow the crashed runners the opportunity to get back with the lead pack.
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What would be an argument against doing that equivalent slow down in the track and field 10k if it would allow runners to get back in the race after falling?
 
HawaiiClone97 said:
What would be an argument against doing that equivalent slow down in the track and field 10k if it would allow runners to get back in the race after falling?
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It penalizes those who were running in front of the carnage.
One could flop intentionally to gain opportunity to close a gap.
Heart rate recovery during a time of stoppage changes the race/kick strategy
 
8bitnes said:
It penalizes those who were running in front of the carnage.
One could flop intentionally to gain opportunity to close a gap.
Heart rate recovery during a time of stoppage changes the race/kick strategy
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Yeah, I can see that. In a car race I can see where it might not be as much of an issue.
 
Assuming that the 3 runners had been close to their personal bests in the event, would that have been in contention for a spot in the finals?
iOW would they have had a chance?
 
GoldCy said:
Assuming that the 3 runners had been close to their personal bests in the event, would that have been in contention for a spot in the finals?
iOW would they have had a chance?
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When the fall happened, there were 15 men within 1.5 seconds of first place. 12 men qualify. 12th ran 28:52. Pollards season best was 28:23.

At the regional, the race usually goes out very controlled and attrition claims the non contenders (30+ athletes are out of contention with 2000m to go). Then, there is a massive acceleration over the final 2000m that sorts out the remaining athletes.

At 2km intervals at national XC, also 10km, this was pollards place - 79th - 55th - 36th - 26th - 21st out of 255 runners. One would have expected him to move up at the regional too.
 
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