How to Settle the Allyson Felix, Jeneba Tarmoh Tie-Breaker
Published: Tue, 07/03/12
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Greetings! Here is how I would settle the Allyson Felix, Jeneba Tarmoh 100 meter Photo Finish tie-breaker. First, I would change the rule books to state the athlete with the faster Semi-Final time is declared the winner. This prevents an unnecessary run-off that may lead to potential injury. Here is some history of the other events: In the high jump and pole vault, you use the countback rule of failed attempts to break a tie. If it is still a tie, then a jump-off is required. Vivid memories of the 1972 Olympic women’s high jump come to mind. In the long and triple jump, in the event of a tie, the 2nd best jump is used to determine the tie-breaker. Believe it or not, this happened to ME several decades ago, but it was a low key meet. Very low key. Then there was the Athens 2004 Shot Put event. USA’s Adam Nelson opened the shot put with 21.16m (69-5¼) in round one, which would be his best throw and only legal throw, as he followed with five consecutive fouls! Ukraine’s Yuriy Bilonoh had 21.15m (69-4¾) after round 1. You knew it was going to be a great competition. In the final round Nelson had a “controversial” foul of about 21.30m… no one knows for sure, but he definitely would have won the event. Then Bilonoh threw 21.16m (69-5¼) in the final round to tie with Nelson, but his next best mark was better than Nelson’s, who had no next best mark! Thus Yuriy Bilonoh was declared the winner. The morale of the story for the throws and horizontal jumps: Always have a second legal performance. So who wins? Allyson Felix, or Jeneba Tarmoh? Well, shockingly, Jeneba Tarmoh would be the winner if my rules were in place before the meet (11.10 vs 11.23). In fact, she was the fastest loser of the 3 semi-finals. Obviously Allyson Felix eased up winning her semi-final, but nobody told Adam Nelson to make sure he had 2 legal throws either. Stuff happens all the time. Weird stuff. Just know the rules beforehand.. if there are such rules in place! Always Injured? It could be a Muscle Imbalance John Smith of HSI once told me that there are only 3 reasons why you get injured. (1) You are tired (2) You have an imbalance (3) Your mind wants to do something your body doesn’t want to do. If you don’t have access to a good therapist or strength and conditioning professional, then check out Rick Kaselj’s Muscle Imbalance Revealed for the Lower Body (yes, he has an Upper Body course, too) >> http://speedendurance.com/go/muscleimbalances
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