I respect that Pitkamaki went on and took his next throw. From what I've seen, it really does seem like this was a case of poor organization. They should not have put the long jumpers where they put them - bad design. In light of this, while he was clearly effected by hitting somebody, getting up and continuing with the event was, in my opinion, the correct thing to do. It would also have been fine if he'd chosen not to continue, but I'm just saying he did nothing wrong by continuing.
I meant did it count as one of his three throws. Can you just imagine if they gave it to him as a do-over? I know it's the mother of all fuck ups to assume anything, but I've got to assume that out of bounds is out of bounds no matter who you hit - therefore, it counted for sure. Although, what they might have done had Sdiri then got up and run way out past the world record before he fell down...? I don't know. I need to stop drinking and posting. Cabrera for the open BTW. 50-1? It's a steal. He just won the US and he was fourth the last time it was at Carnoustie!
Where were the umpires or the measuring crew why didn't they do some yelling or some thing it's not the first time this has happened I can remember when a judge was struck years ago and still everyone is oblivios of what is going on around them, things happen but there should be a better way of doing this even the hammerthrow has a cage the least a Javilen thrower should have is a blast on a air horn or something else besides OUCH
Poppop: periods, commas, semicolons, question marks, exclamation points, even dashes and the occasional ellipsis -- all are your friends. Where were the umpires or the measuring crew I don't know of any "umpires" at a track meet. There were presumably officials at both javelin and long jump. What did you expect them to do, catch the javelin? why didn't they do some yelling or some thing a)It's entirely possible they did. b)Watch the video. The javelin wasn't thrown sideways, and it wasn't lobbed. It was slightly off the field; in other words, barely off target of what would have been a legitimate (if not particularly good) throw. It's entirely possible no one knew it was off course until the last minute. c)The officials who measure the javelin are not anywhere near where it's gonna come down, thus wouldn't have been close enough to yell, and why would the long jump officials even be looking? things happen but there should be a better way of doing this Yes. That has already been pointed out in this thread. Watch the video. Look at the field. Read cabuki's comments.
