Track and Field - Interactive Bolt/Gatlin race, Allyson Felix loses to dive
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 6:31 pm
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The defeat was bitter for Felix on multiple levels. She had started this season hoping to win both the 200 meters and 400 meters in Rio, but a spring ankle injury stunted her training. She made the Olympic team in the 400 meters, but not in the 200. In that 200-meter race, she was beaten out for third place by Jenna Prandini, who took the spot by diving, or falling, across the line.
bwgood77 wrote:That sucked to see Felix lose that race by a hair on that dive last night. I was just reading this...brutal that she lost this way AGAIN after missing a chance to run in the 200 ALSO because of a dive.The defeat was bitter for Felix on multiple levels. She had started this season hoping to win both the 200 meters and 400 meters in Rio, but a spring ankle injury stunted her training. She made the Olympic team in the 400 meters, but not in the 200. In that 200-meter race, she was beaten out for third place by Jenna Prandini, who took the spot by diving, or falling, across the line.
http://www.si.com/olympics/2016/08/16/rio-olympics-400-meters-shaunae-miller-dive-allyson-felix?xid=si_social
Mr. E wrote:bwgood77 wrote:That sucked to see Felix lose that race by a hair on that dive last night. I was just reading this...brutal that she lost this way AGAIN after missing a chance to run in the 200 ALSO because of a dive.The defeat was bitter for Felix on multiple levels. She had started this season hoping to win both the 200 meters and 400 meters in Rio, but a spring ankle injury stunted her training. She made the Olympic team in the 400 meters, but not in the 200. In that 200-meter race, she was beaten out for third place by Jenna Prandini, who took the spot by diving, or falling, across the line.
http://www.si.com/olympics/2016/08/16/rio-olympics-400-meters-shaunae-miller-dive-allyson-felix?xid=si_social
So diving - while legal - is something that is frowned upon by most in the sport?