General Discussion - Biggest draw anerGeorge - Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:59 pm Post subject: Biggest draw
Biggest draw
The 100 metres was to be the highlight of the Daegu championships, at least in the public's eye, but it went off without the sport's biggest draw.
"I don't think anybody was happy to see Usain Bolt disqualified," cheap golf equipmentHardy said.
"He is by far and away the biggest name in our sport. We need him," the IAAF official said of the 100 and 200 metres world record holder and Olympic champion.
"But rules are rules, and rules are for everyone."
Mizuno JPX E600 IronsLondon 2012 Olympics chief and IAAF vice president Sebastian Coe agreed.
"These things happen," he said. "When they do, there are clear rules to be followed. We don't play fast and loose with them simply because you get high-profile DQs (disqualifications)."
Women's 100 metres winner Carmelita Jeter said she had no problem with the regulation.
"It's a rule. And like any rule you have to abide by it," TaylorMade R9 TP ironsJeter said.
New world 110 metres hurdles champion, American Jason Richardson, said he would not be opposed to a return to the old rule by which the first false start was charged against the field and the second eliminated the offending party.
Richardson was awarded victory after world record-holder Dayron Robles was disqualified for tangling with China's Liu Xiang over the closing hurdles. Cleveland CG15 WedgeThe race could have been re-run but officials decided to reject Robles's appeal.
"I understand everybody wants the big players to run the big times and get the big medals so everybody cries fouls and wants re-runs," Richardson said. "But that is pretty much why we have those rules."
Richardson had simple advice for athletes wanting to avoid a repeat of the situations that cost two of the sport's biggest names the chance to win world titles.