This. If she knowingly crossed over into a part of the course used by opposite direction runners, and impeded the progress of another racer I would say a DQ might be in order here as well. But even if he 'accidentally' smashed into her he should have gone back and helped her up. I would like to think if something like this occurred at an aid station where a volunteer accidentally backed into an athlete and was taken out that the runner would be DQ'd for just barreling away without a second thought. Someone else's mistake does not justify poor sportsmanship. And to the people that argue - she made the first 'wrong' so what he did was okay - I guess that makes it okay for me to sprint by a draft pack, and 'accidentally' clip the front wheel of the paceline leader and take the whole group down?

Pretty much this, EXCEPT . . . after the contact, which was apparently caused by her being completely oblivious and backing directly into his path, he should have taken a few seconds to stop and apologize. Him just barreling through with that "move bitch, get out the way, get out the way bitch, get out the way" look just makes him look like a complete ass.

All this and no one saying she should be penalized for outside assistance? She clearly states that her husband handed her the watch. You guys are slipping....

Am I the only one here that thinks this would be absolutely hilarious to see? If an 80 year old woman took the effort to clock you, I'm guessing you deserved it.

^^Bingo^^

She even said she told the officials what she was doing, they should penalize her for outside assistance. Self reporting at its finest.

And yes, the dude was a dick. I am sure he could have easily avoided her.

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I was giving an example of what a person does when someone walks into them. They put their arms/hands up.

I'll take critical thinking over chivalry any day.

As would the women I associate with.

You're assuming he has time to react and move over.

That's an unwarranted assumption based on available evidence.

Absolutely the guy is getting crucified. But so is she by certain people. What she did was stupid and she even acknowledged that. He's at best an arrogant douche for not stopping to see if she was okay if he indeed ran into her accidentally. He's a complete piece of shit if the contact was intentional. He comes across as a dickhead to me no matter what. It's just the level of dickheadedness that has yet to be determined.

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Precisely.

Odd someone so quick to blog and defame someone is so hesitant to provide what would be the most damning evidence.

Unless said evidence damned the wrong person.

Looks more like he violently pushed her. Still excessive however, not a PUNCH! Stop accusations until we have definitive proof of the incident.

It appears two boneheads met up at the same time and place.

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I don't disagree with this at all and it probably could've ended the situation right then and there.

But instead we've got some people with a man-hating vendetta raging like crazy.

Makes for interesting discussions at least.

That's the line of thinking that concerns me most.

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That is an assumption. From the pictures it looks like he was right on the yellow line seperating the lanes. Maybe there was someone else running the opposite direction in the lane and could not move over more without running into incoming runners? Maybe he gave her plenty of space, but was not expecting her to suddenly move backwards?

Based on ???????? She didn't go down or it appears even sideways a significant amount. She didn't drop the watch she had stopped to get from her husband. It appears she is shocked and startled by the male athlete's sudden presence right next to her. I would really love to see the video.

Hugh

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Is he wearing . . . a power bracelet? The only thing missing is an MDot tat. Amirite?

I addressed this point earlier. She stated she did not want this to linger on any longer so why would she release the video?

Since we're operating under assumptions, can we not assume that race officials were shown the video and that was part of their decision making process to DQ him and consequently refer it to USAT for further action? A DQ based on a still picture and one person's story is not enough in my book. I would think there would have been more evidence than that. I'm making another assumption there though.

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It's too bad that he had to run right into her. He could have avoid it as she was focusing on her family and not looking where she's going. I could see why he's ticked off by this woman acting but not right by pushing/punching her out of the way.

Rather disgusting how a couple of you are trying to justify this guys actions. The picture doesn't show that it was a punch, the video made it crystal clear it was a punch. I saved the video URL but it's gone now. There is zero place for his action in our sport. I have run into people at T2 exit and just say excuse me and run around them.

The guy in the photo did this in an area where there was plenty of space, nobody threatening to over take him (even that shouldn't matter) and too a woman. This guy could have put one hand on her back, the other on her shoulder to prevent her from moving back further and to help him move around her. You all know what I'm talking about. Simple 1 second move, that's it. In the video, it's clear the guy did not want to give one inch of ground. She was backing up when he was a good 10 feet back so he could have blown past her without her even knowing it. He chose to assault her instead.

She should not be DQ'd. At worse, a time penalty. His penalty should be a year ban from USAT races. I know USAT saw the video so it's dissapointing that they did not do a year ban. This guy is a POS of shit and should be banned a year. For fuck's sake, at least stop and help her up. At least apologize. Be a fucking adult. And if I were her husband, the guy would never had made it to the finish line. I see somebody hit my wife, you best run a 3 min mile that's for damn sure. Then again, my wife is a black belt so she would have turned him into a pretzle and wore him as a finishers medal when she crossed the finish line.

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Because she wants to flame the crucifixion of this guy while continuing to play up her "victim" angle?

Have you read her comments on BT? My assessment/assumption: fvery full of herself. Doesn't seem she wants this to all just go away because then she wouldn't have people lauding her "she didn't want him to be punished; she's just so friendly and nice" attributes.

As for his DQ? A crying woman, a blogger with an agenda, and an untold number of their "protect the female posse" whinging at a director. Not a hard call at the time.

Let's see if it's upheld and she escapes a DQ herself. I'd say to either let the proper results stand or double the DQs.

Guy sprints finish and avoids colliding with a woman and he is wrong.

Guy sprints finish and actually collides with a woman and she is wrong.

Fascinating.

I don't think anyone's justifying his actions.

I, for one, am railing against the utterly ridiculous statements made concering "punches" and dragging this guy's name through the mud without ever definitely showing the evidence.

There's a one-sided crusade against this guy with no real proof to show it's warranted.

That's the issue.

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What you fail to consider is that perhaps he *had* moved over. It's clear in the picture that he is at the leftmost point of the lane in his direction of travel when the contact occurred.

Is it not possible he was running in the middle of his lane 20 ft earlier, and swerved left far enough to avoid this person posing for pictures and kissing children, but not far enough (as it turns out) to avoid said person suddenly backing into his (adjusted) path?

Regardless, this notion that he "punched" her seems pretty farfetched IMO. What is likely is that at the last instant, realizing there was going to be contact, he put up his hand/arm to brace himself and deflect the impact, just like anyone else would have done.

Good on the woman for admitting she was at fault. In the end, her inattentiveness was the primary cause of the incident, so props to her for being upfront about all this.