Dayron Robles is disqualified in the Men's 110 metres Hurdles Final
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- athletics.channel4.com/ IAAF World Championships 2011, Daegu, South Korea.
Olympic champion Dayron Robles is disqualified after passing the line in first spot. The Cuban was DQ'd for obstructing Liu Xiang in the latter stages of the race when the Chinese athlete looked set for gold. Great Britain's Andy Turner benefited as he was upgraded from fourth to bronze.
I cannot believe there is a number of people who defend for Robles.
Pure disgrace.
It’s crazy how different ppl perceive different things in different ways even when it’s incorrect. The denial is real.
they think he's innocent because he's black
BLM liberals
@@CrackedSociety Just a bunch of Cubans who like sucking each other off.
Guaranteed their all black ppl who’s defending him lol
I watched it again and again, and noticed something else: in the early part of the race, Robles ran with his fist clenched, but soon as Liu Xiang starts to go ahead of him, he unfurls his fingers and grabs at Liu.
this
I feel bad for Liu, he was clearly obstructed..... He's legend, regardless of this championship
Robles hit Liu with his metal watch also
Honestly disgusting that over the past 20 years this is happening more and more and the consequences are not as bad as they used to be, in the past people would be banned from the games for this shit
He didn't just hit his arm, he grabbed it.
That was no accidental contact. Robles clearly starts reaching to his right with an open hand as he starts to lose. Complete cheat.
have you ever hurdled before?
@@agentthreeohseven stfu. That wasn't an accident
@@agentthreeohseven My guess is nope!! Like how does one have time to intentionally block someone in another lane when they're just trying to get to the finish line as fast as possible?
At 4:30 he was running with a closed fist, starting at 4:40 he suddenly changed to an open hand and started to reach further and further left, he even grabbed Liu's wrist at one point. If you refuse to believe that's intentional then all I have to say is have fun looting properties at that BLM protest
The Cuban's stroke is not even in both arms
Liu Xiang was the true champion in this race. The medals given were irrelevant.
就像中国的功夫，武德是第一，武功是第二。武功再高没有武德，会被人看不起的。我想，奥林匹克精神也是如此。
@@user-nn8dg7wt9u 對
That was unbelievable. Whether he did it on purpose or not, Xiang still got robbed of his world title.
I disagree to be honest. Xiang landed badly on that last hurdle even before they touched, and the American was coming in Hard.
They touched before the last hurdle and it looked like robles grabbed Xiang for a short moment. Watch again.
@@JonHop1 I think you're watching a different race. They touched twice. Once was before the last hurdle. That's why Xiang suddenly lost momentum, causing him to hit the last hurdle where he lost the most momentum, and as he was going over the last hurdle, Robles touched him again. They may have touched 3 times, and the first time it was with the pinky finger, but I can't tell from the replay. That was a total robbery. It's a shame cause these guys train a lot, all for one shot... and it ends this way...
@@laurentiudinca9606 Yeah I know
@@laurentiudinca9606 It happens, its part of sports.
Liu Xiang was going to pass Robles. That is obvious. Robles should've just lost in fairness, instead of humiliation.
yes that Liu was going to win, first it doesnt looks purpose from robles..i stil doubt, but if it is purpose then it must be too weird...however the organisation shouldnt put them in the lanes close to each other..they knew before the race it would be a battle between the 2 runners.
abdel legendair, thank you for your comment. Good call.
@@legendair It looks 100% on purpose for me, the other times he goes over the hurdles his arm isnt out that much, hes trying to pull him back.
Also they put them next to each other for that reason, so they are right next to each other, makes it more exciting.
@@legendair watch the reply, they were far apart and stayed on track until the 8th hurdle when Robles started moving towards Liu, opening his palm (everyone run with palms closed) and extending his arm towards liu
They should strip of all his titles for cheating this will stop any cheating in the future from anyone enough said as this Dayron is not a true champion but a champion cheat,,,Dayron Robles you are a complete disgrace to yourself and a real disgrace to your country in Cuba hope you hide your face in shame as you have gone down in all the history books as a real cheat
The audacity to hug him is f***ing evil.
yes a judas
Accident
For those of you saying that Xiang was slowing down because he hit the hurdle, look again. He didn't hit anything until Robles grabbed/touched him.
I always feel so sad when I watch this race because Liu Xiang is going to go down as one of the greatest hurdlers of all time, if not the greatest. But due to something he had no control over, he wont be able to add this race to his repertoire. He was going to win this, no doubt in my mind. It truly is just sad. But that's sports for ya, I guess.
Nerdy Broski He's one of the unluckiest athletes...
Huh ? He is the GOAT for the 110m hurdles sport, the only athlete with the respectable career grand slam of Olympic gold, World Champ. gold & World record (2006-2012), a legend. The first and only Asian man to date to win a track & field sprinting event
@@ale03000 ever heard of Su bing Tian?
@@gold6813Yup fastest Asian man 100m sprinter, 1st Asian to be in Olympic 100m sprint race final
@@ale03000 I think he is the fastest sprinter who hasn’t any black lineage
The change in arm position towards the end of the race is so obvious. He is actually searching for him with his fingers. 4:38 thinking about it, 4:41 first attempt but misses, 4:43 second attempt tiny clip on the hand, 4:44 straight up grab. 4:46 one for good luck.
Agree. His right hand was closed during the opening stages of the race up until he needed it open to grab Xiang. I believe you are absolutely correct.
You really think he had time to contemplate all that in a 110mH final? The race is run so quickly and any little glitch in the hurdles can cause you to mis-time and crash. It only looks intentional because of the slow replay. It would make zero sense for him to deliberately cheat on a world stage with cameras and thousands of people in the stands.
It's instinctive.
I don't know if you've ever hurdled, but this happens all the time by accident. His arms were already going wide by the 6th hurdle because of fatigue, he wasn't in great shape that season. Then he went over the hurdle unbalanced, and shifted to the right of his lane. And then the contact happened from there. Change in arm position is obvious, but not by intent. Contrary to what you may believe, world class hurdlers aren't all great technicians. Robles usually is, but his technique was already failing him by the 6th or 7th hurdle.
@@biglilrichard his hand was in a fist the whole race and all of a sudden he started opening his hand. intentional all the way.
Open palm when he actually tried to swat himback. Justified disqualification from a dirty athlete.
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@@kerrytenahu3380 tf ?
robles change liu's golden medal to silver , americans brozen to gold, what a magician
himself from silver to a red card, lol
There's a difference between "that happens" and the method by which Robles held onto Xiang's arm. It looks on purpose, and repeated.
well said
@@COVID--kf3tx wait they still gave him gold n he cheated?
@@hannypressley343 He was stripped of his gold
"And thats what cost Liu Xiang the world title here in erm...in...erm...here..." 4:47
LOOOOOOOOL
Best part of the video.
...South Korea. 🤪🤪
Sounded like he wanted to say Beijing lol
He did it on Purpose. He was in his lane, little bit close to Oliver, all right. He shifted to the other side-this time, closer to Xiang when he realized that Xiang could beat him. He tried to use his hand to get Xiang's hand 3 times (look at the video in the slow motion). The first time, his hand spread out, trying to get Xiang's hand (see the video). He missed it. He moved his body closer to Xiang's lane, and tried to get his (Xiang's) hand. His second try - He got it, and he pushed Xiang back. The third time, you can see he pushed Xiang on purpose. It worked! Xiang hit the hurdle, and he (Robles) finished first. Covered his body with his national flag. He was proud of it - a proud hero!
The rules state that you stay in your lane. Especially if you know something about hurdles, then you know that the unrealistic rules require you to keep every part of your body in that lane. Robles clearly fails to do that. Liu actually does a great job of getting slightly to the side in his lane so that the right side of his body stays in his lane. Robles completely fails at this, whether on purpose or not, and brings both his leg and arm into Liu's lane. Clear grounds for DQ of Robles, regardless of intent.
If your arm leaves your lane, there's no contact, and it has no consequences in the race, I don't see why anything should be called.
If your arm leaves your lane, there's contact, and it affects the race, it should be called. It's not roller derby.
The tape clearly shows that Robles put his arm into Liu's lane, had contact with Liu, and impeded him. The contact should have been called and Robles should have been DQ'd.
The contact looks intentional to me and Robles' weird uncomfortable demeanor after the race is another sign to me of a guilty conscience where Robles is worried about whether any caught what he did, but whether it's intentional or not doesn't really matter - it happened and it impeded Liu.
I'm not outraged, because people do dumb desperate things on impulse sometimes. I do think Robles is being a punk by blaming the DQ on being Cuban when the evidence is clear that he fouled Liu.
He started out the race in the lead and closed fisted. All is good. As the race progressed and he realized he was about to lose, his flailing increased in it's expanse and his fingers opened, almost as if searching. With fingers spread wide, he swept for Xiang and said "Damn, I missed"...on the second try, he adjusted his sweep a bit lower and practically grabbed his arm to push it back. Xiang only contacted with 10th hurdle because of the contact.
Verdict - DQ was totally justified and it was intentional.
Watching the DL race, Robles had the same sweeping action with his right hand went over the hurdles, but he also stayed more on the left side of his lane so it wasn't a problem
Anyhow, the interference happened, so whether Robles meant to or not, it was a righteous DQ.
@Solanderpoint exactly
Who came here after CZcams shorts video
zang is always smiling....so the fact that there was no smile...oh he was pissed. lol
I mean xiang lol
Liu Xiang still one of the best of all time in my book. Absolute beast
Just learnt about this cheating scandal from watching a different video that talked about it. It was so obvious just looking at the slow-mo. Starting at 4:28, you can see that Xiang and Robles had some distance. Then by 4:39, Robles seems to be trying to discreetly reach out to Xiang. Then 4:41 his hand movement became clear that he's attempting to "grab" which is really peculiar to do. Then 4:44 he finally was able to grab him. It was clearly intentional and I'm glad he got disqualified, but it robbed Xiang the chance to get gold. That's the worst part of this fiasco.
Here's the slomo evidence. It started at 6:07 but he failed. Then he suceeded at 2nd and 3rd. I wish they will ban him in any sports event. No cheater should play sports.
That really doesn't look like an accident that was 100% on purpose there is no way
A Cuban helped an American to win. Castro must have been happy!
If you want to bring previous times into this, Liu Xiang and Dayron Robles' personal bests are virtually the same. This was anybody's race and turns out Dayron Robles could not win without doing what he did.
4:50 He knew he screwed himself right after he "won". He immediately grabbed his face and kept saying "Shit! Fuck! Oh, fuck!". Then he tried covering himself by consoling Liu, who was OBVIOUSLY very aware of what he did and was PISSED!
You're so right
I don't know if he's trying to disguise it as much as he's trying to apologize. It looks like he thinks that he's going to be disqualified right up until he's given a flag and medal.
You can even see him looking not especially excited when he's asked to pose for photos.
Things like this sometimes happen, especially with hurdles, where athletes are basically wirewalking every few steps. Sometimes, you have to adjust to stay in your line right as someone else is adjusting towards you and you collide.
Disqualification is usually the result, as it was here, and while I understand the impulse to villify and blame, especially out of sympathy for poor Xiang, I think a lot of the criticism is overblown and unfair.
Lets not make excuses for Robles. It WAS on purpose, you can see he runs on the inside of his lane in the race(our right closer to Oliver) the whole race. Towards the end when Xiang starts catching him, that's when he reaches out to obstruct Xiang with his hand. It starts at 4:42. At first it is his form, closed at the approach and open at the clearance BUT around 4:42 he fully opens his fist AND reaches out. When it doesn't immediately affect Xiang, he reaches out again, this time clearly grabbing Xiang. Yes in hurdle races there can be minimal contact, I am a hurdler myself and have experienced this, ESP when fatigue sets in during the latter half of the race, but Robles reached out toward Xiang and that's what warranted the DQ. This was on purpose, no excuses.
boy shut the fuck up that shit was not on purpose
You can curse all you want but the fact remains that it was lol...I guess all of that cursing makes you sleep better at night
good back down.
....okay.....arguing back is pointless. It's just two differing opinions, nothing to loss hair over lol
You may be right but what I've seen from previous races Robles has competed in he usually runs close to the other lanes while running.
It WAS on purpose, you can see he runs on the inside of his lane in the race(our right closer to Oliver) ?
You didn't show anything of the disqualification... is only the title...bad work.
Also, here is the post-race interview:
czcams.com/video/NHARTxuoysY/video.html
I am a 110 guy. I know gettin caught with an arm across the chest or across your own arm happens. I currently have the race paused at 4:44 where you can clearly see Robles grab Liu's wrist. That is intentional.
Yes. Yes, it is.
we'll see what's in store in just a few short weeks
look how his fucking fist changes when he catches him.
purecotton but he already knew he was going to get DQ's just after crossing the finish line, so I'm not that sure he did it on purpose.
Pablo Cid no. he played it out like it was unintentional.
The most disturbing for me is that he gave him a hug right after. I can't imagine how Liu felt at this moment.
It was intentional y'all, if you watch the slow motion part, you'll that he did it twice, it can't be an accident.
How much he has personality liu while he seeing the one who cheated him winning!😭💔
@@salmansomaliThis happens to Asians all the time.
He knew exactly what he's doing, Look how he hug him after the race is just like apologize
Liu Xiang is so classy.. I never noticed in the reply that Robles touched Liu's hand TWICE instead of once.. I would be freaking pissed
On the last hurdle where you see Robles actually grab Liu's hand, you can see liu stumble little which causes him to knock over the hurdle.
No. It was Robles’ foot knocked it over. Go watch it in 1/4 SLOW MOTION. He swat his hand distracted Liu a second allowed UK and the other guys to get ahead. D.Robles played dirty. Period. Disrespectful. Stay in your lane. They should have glass walls in the future of races.. that is if you want to measure who’s the fastest? NOT WHO’s THE DIRTY PLAYER.
Clearly Dayron Robles wanted to win in a dirty way and he has the audacity to hugged liu xiang
yeah, that's a definite DQ alright, he reached into the other runner's lane and pushed backward on him. Even if he did it by accident, he got an advantage and caused the other runner a disadvantage by doing it, and at this level, he should have better skills. He also may have been trying to cheat
Dayron Robles was clearly trying to stop Liu Xiang when he catch up. You can see from @4:40 Dayron Robles wasn't extending his arm at the start, but as Liu Xiang catch up and entered his peripheral vision, Dayron started to extend his arm further and further, and he unclenched his right fist and extend the fingers what looks like a grabbing motion.
Despicable. How can you even think to get away with it when they literally zoom in and replay it ?? Do you even feel satisfied to win like this? Desqulified for ever is the best option
It was not intentional. I coach hurdles. He went out of his lane to the left, and overcorrected back to the right causing his arm to flail out to keep balance. You are watching in super slow motion it makes it look worse than it actually is. This happens a lot in hurdles. It is not intentional.
@@JonHop1 🤣🤣🤣 Are you Robles relative?or he himself?
You keep commenting on every comments
@@charlesleverant7368 I commented only like 4 comments bud... And yeah, he deserves to not have his reputation tarnished over a bunch of fools on here speculating his intentions.
Despicable! Robles should be ashamed of himself. Zhang is the champion in my book.
True that!
dq'ing him was one part of the justice, how does that justify the positions, the chineese guy would have finished first if there was no obstruction, it looked intentional too..
The Chinese guy is the winner in the eyes of the public. That is all that matters.
It wasn't intentional, Robles was already Olympic champion at this point he had no need to cheat at a World Championship. And why would he cheat on purpose with cameras everywhere? It was a mistake, he was DQ'd. Sucks for Liu, though, he should've had the gold.
"He had no need to cheat" That's nonsense. I you have no need to cheat you have no need to run in the race at all then.
Possibly the best field ever assembled in a world 110m h final - shame it ended this way
The last set of slow mo video (I slowed it down some more) clearly showed the Cuban trying to hold down the Chinese. The second time he made a fist. It’s a common dirty tactic.
Rubles started flinging his right arm increasingly toward Xiang as the race progressed and it became apparent Xiang could win. Definitely on purpose.
thats disgraceful
The race should be have been cancelled and re-run
no rerun just disqualify for impeding forward movement (contact)
no i thought he should have been awarded Gold straight
damn sucks. i agree. it should've been like a false start and a re-ran race with the person dq'd, but life is life
edit: but look what liu said. After the race a magnanimous Liu said: "I have some regrets. In the last moment he simply hit me once, hit me twice, but I blame nobody, this is the competition, it is a game and we should still enjoy the happiness of such a competition."
@@derekwong5253 what a good person smh.
I just watched Liu Xiang’s past. Liu Xiang had no fear of falling when he was small, and he improved his whole life to this moment. Just to get cheated on and getting second.
He will forever be my champion.
6:07, you can see over each hurdle he is reaching out to try and clip him, rightly disqualified
If you look at the replay closely, you'll see when they went over the last hurdle Xiang was in 1st place ever so slightly. So Xiang should have received the gold in my opinion. Instead Jason Richardson (who no one will even remember years from now when they watch or talk about this race) was determined to be the winner.
Maybe you won't remember, because you're not a true fan of American track and field. Don't speak for everyone else
You think Richardson really deserved that gold over Xiang?
I didn't say that, don't put word in my mouth. All I said is that YOU may not remember Jason Richardson but other people who are true fans of track and field will.
Lmao yeah no one remembers him now
4:40 for those defending Robles. Are you serious?
This man is the definition of reaching. Literally once he is gaining on him that reach is more and more apparent fingers stretching more and more
Justifiable disqualification you could see him reaching across
Can someone timestamp the bit where he gets disqualified? Like the title says? Clickbait everywhere I look nowadays...
It’s not included in this clip
That was 100% intentional
He wanted to teach the Chinese to dance salsa 🤣🤣🤣🤣
6:11 lol he almost looked like he was going to hold liu xiang's hand and run the race together
this reminds me to mortal kombat. LIU XIANG WINS. DISQUALIFIYING VICTORY
WOLOLOLOLOLOL!
lmao
GOLD FOR LIU!!! :):):)
play start from 6.11
I rewatched this and saw Robles hand was a little lunging at the beginning but clenched, but as soon as Liu started winning, Robles hand started lunging at his arm 4 times, twice it grabbed onto him, propelling his own speed, and pushing Liu behind, making him lose his control.
The audacity to hug him after? If I was Liu, then he wouldn’t have been in one piece.
Wow! How could I have forgotten this most controversial race! Thanks for the memories!
The question is, why not make the lanes wider...?
They run the 110mH on the straight part of the track how would widening the lanes affect the 200/400m?
maybe with different starting locations.
You think that's going to stop Robles from grabbing Liu Xiang? LOL
Stupid question to ask. How wide do you think they can have hurdle tracks in the stadium? Even with a slightly wide lane, It still would not prevent scumbag Robles using such dirty tactics reaching out and grabbing or obstructing with his long arms with him running close to the neighbor athlete in the next lane!
It is utterly disgusting to see Robles coming to Liu Xiang pretending to console and sympathize with Liu for losing to him in the race immediately after the race before the DQ was announced. What a hypocrite and loser! It's the race we lost forever to see Liu Xiang most likely to have set a new world record.
Liu Xiang would not have come close to the world record. it would've been a 13.05 at best. Robles didn't do it intentionally. His arms are going wide long before he grabbed Liu, and when he went over the eighth(?) hurdle he lost his balance over the hurdle, causing him to go to the right of his lane. No athlete would intentionally do something like that in a final, they know 100% they'll be dq'ed if they try it, like Robles was here. Idk if any of you guys have actually hurdled, but this happens literally all the time.
Lol imagine if Liu refuses to stand next to a cheater on the podium like some swimming athlete is doing right now to Sun Yang
He's like, "Wait ...where do you think you're going Liu??"
I just loved the Shhhhh bit before all the races at Daegu
This is why when there is inadvertent contact in a hurdles race that affects the medal positions, they should be awarded based on trajectory of the whole race, not final placing.
It was clear Liu Xiang would’ve finished first or at worst second behind Robles. Robles committed a mistake so he should be DQed and Liu should get the gold. In no world does Richardson deserve the Gold here.
Same goes for the past World Championships. Orlando Ortega was quite clearly going to finish second if it wasn’t for McLeod’s antics. He was honestly done dirty having been awarded the “honorary bronze.” Yes, keep the other medalists but at least give him the silver..
Liu Xiang 1#
if u look carefully the first hurdle wasnt knocked down by liu but in fact the person next to him on the other side. the second one that got knocked down was after liu got tagged by robles and had his momentum slowed down.
You can see the change in his arm technique! His fingers opened and arm moved wider as Lui moved ahead.
Dayron already knew he was going to get DQ'd just after crossing the finish line, so I'm not that sure he would do it on purpose.
The rules state that you stay in your lane. Especially if you know something about hurdles, then you know that the unrealistic rules require you to keep every part of your body in that lane. Robles clearly fails to do that. Liu actually does a great job of getting slightly to the side in his lane so that the right side of his body stays in his lane. Robles completely fails at this, whether on purpose or not, and brings both his leg and arm into Liu's lane. Clear grounds for DQ of Robles, regardless of intent.
Exacty, he put his hands on his head immediately after the race. I don't think he impeded Xiang, people don't even notice Liu clipping the last hurdle is what slowed his momentum.
David Oliver: “People who think Robles did it on purpose are crazy and haven’t seen his races, late in races he’s been getting wide with his arms. Hitting that 8th hurdle just made it worse and why would you do something intentionally that us going to mess you up as well.”
It was clear once the announcers went silent they realized what happened and didn't have the words but then tried to make up an excuse as to how Liu lost.
Robles did it on purpose,you can see that his hands are clinched but when he sees that Liu is Catching up he started opening his hands and proceeds to grab Liu's Arm.What a disgrace.
yeah that makes sense thanks for pointing that out. totally true. pretty fucked up that robles would do that
Robles does it again in at a diamond league race. Grabbed onto David Oliver.
this dude is too damn fast to be pullin shit like that!
wow...
6:39 why did the commentator say he was gonna get gold but there was another guy who got NO attention who came in second? he was "destined" for second, if robles wasn't in it.
"Reach out and touch somebody's hand, make this world a better place if you can..."
Robles was rightly disqualified in this race. Xiang himself later said that “Robles hit me twice, at the ninth hurdle he pulled at me, but it wasn’t intentional, I am good friends with Robles.”
This stuff happens all the time in hurdles. Form often breaks down in the later stages of the race. Robles already had his medal taken away, but it’s sad to see all the shame that he still gets to this day for something that Xiang himself doesn’t believe to be intentional.
Definitely intentional. Runs closed fist the entire race n changes to open fists when the pull happens
@@curated_euphoria_experience It’s normal to open up your body a bit as you get tired. His arms open up as a result of fatigue, which causes him to contact Xiang, and his hands open up in a similar fashion. This is quite common in hurdle races.
@@Elliottklassen so you're saying a proffeisonal who trains his whole life gets fatigued in a short distance event to the point their form is compromised and altered?
@@curated_euphoria_experience Yes, I am. In a 100m sprint, even the most well trained professionals are only able to hold their top speed for a couple seconds at the very most, because muscle fatigue comes into play extremely quickly at high intensity. No amount of training can change that fact. The 110mH builds fatigue significantly faster than a 100m sprint: I know that as a university 110m hurdler myself. The large amount of fatigue in a high hurdles race is why we see a bigger discrepancy between proficiency over 60mH and 110mH than we do over the flat 60m and 100m sprints. We even have some 60mH specialists who don’t even often run 110mH (athletes like Jared Eaton). I think the fact that Xiang himself doesn’t believe that the contact was intentional is indicative of how normal it is for contact to occur in hurdle races (essentially every single race will have some amount of contact between at least two athletes).
You do realize the person saying it's not intentional may not actually believe it right? I covered for people I absolutely hated just so I wouldn't get into any drama or conflict. The amount he veered and swung AND CONTINUED TO DO SO indicates he didn't correct himself after the first time he made clear contact. That's what made it intentional
Robles purposely clutched at Liu's arms the MOMENT Liu started catching up, his other arm was rightfully placed and wasn't outstretched, that proves he did it intentionally to mess Liu up. Also, Robles leg crossed and hit Liu's obstacle while he was running. He kept getting into Liu's lane by the end.
Timestamp: 4:46
xd are you here from that yt short
@@antispiralking9417 i think many ppl are here because of the short including me and this happened 10 years ago lol
Then at the end of the race when Robles thought he won he gives Liu a guilty no hard feelings hug but in the play back Liu’s face is like wtf dude you hit my arm TWICE and took my win!
@@CrackedSociety lol same
He also knocked off Liu Xiang's last hurdle
QueenOfBreyers, you are absolutely correct. It clearly was not an accident. I've run track before,and I would HAVE TO TRY to even be able to touch someone, much less grab them. You can also see from the video, as others have been saying, that he tries multiple times, and finally grabs Liu Xiang. I had respect for Dayron Robles before, but after seeing this, I hope he never wins another race.. Complete disgrace! Liu Xiang, you are much loved!
I know it looks like a mistake, but look closely after the 7th hurdle, his form changed a lot. his elbows were originally at about 90 degrees then after the 7th hurdle he extended his arm and opened his palm to reach out to Liu. if it was truly a mistake he wouldn't open his palm at least. thats grabing and thats why he was disqualified.
What a CHEAT. Dayron Robles deliberately grabbed his arm TWICE.
Go Liu Xiang! You hit that freakin hurdle.
So, what was the podium order??
oh yeah, for sure mate, i do track aswell and i make sure i keep away from the hurdles, it's pretty amazing how these guys do it so fast aye
He should be banned for that. Clearly reaching for him to slow him down.
Liu was coming, but I still don't feel it was on purpose. The most striking comment was made by David Oliver when he said "That happens, it happens often". He certainly didn't feel a DQ was warranted. Roger Kingdom used to a lot, it just happens.
*****
umm where did race ever enter the equation?? I think David Oliver is more qualified to make a judgment than you.
***** I have noticed that hurdlers like Olga Shishigina and Robles have quite elaborate actions with their right arm. Robles' arm was making the same movement in the previous hurdles but he began to drift. As for the gripping, his arm was already travelling backwards and was stopped by Liu's arm, giving the appearance of a grip. I think the fact that other hurdlers in the race, including Oliver, didnt feel that it was intentional says a lot.
I don't envy you hurdling with decathletes, that must have been interesting each race! I'd be nervous.
T & F archive That was a simple mistake
I love that titles. Satisfying to read
Liu was ahead and I noticed in all his races, he usually go into monster mode after the last hurdle. He got robbed for sure.
At 5:49 he was clearly ahead of everyone.
The man should never be able to be an athlete again. He cheated. And made a mockery of his country.
4:40 Robles palm was open like a swimmer paddling through water or grasping which was what seemed to have caused Lu Xiang to hit the hurdle and slowed him down.
Twice ?? Okay genus..
That Cuban guy played dirty even American guys in track wouldn't do some BS like this.
Wasnt there a rule called infraction or something like that which meant if someone interfered in your lane you get a redo
The Cuban seemed "disappointed" he got...caught.
LOL the commentator was like "that was cost Liu Xiang the title here in but, here in...here"
4:52 ! lol! "and thats what caused Liu Xiang the world title here in Beij.. in-eeh .. Here!"
Watch the replay at 4:27. Watch Xiang's right arm too. If you don't see almost identical right arm motion throughout the race then I think you're the one that's not watching this video.
Lol everyone’s arm (including Liu) we’re in a fist and swang at a 45-60 degree angle. Only Robles was open palm and swang out at almost 75-80 degrees in the 8th to 9th hurdle
Rules are the rules. You cross that line and interfere with the other competitor, you will be disqualified. I remember when my team was running the 4x4 in the section trials, we got disqualified when the first runner stepped over his line on the second turn.. He didn't do it on purpose, but we still got disqualified.
You didn't show the dq announcement and reactions.
what video are you watching?!... cos it isnt this one here.
Robbles grabs at Liu. It's a shame for an athlete of his caliber to act in this way.
This vid shld be called "dude unable to keep his hands to himself"
Thirteen (13) athletes were disqualified at this event.
I'm just really disappointed that athlete with his achievements and skill would do something this pathetic when he saw the he was losing. I don't think he even deserves to run along side Liu Xiang at the 2012 Olympics. Personally, I think what Robles did should get him suspended for a couple of years.
feel so sorry for xiang, injured for beijing +london, and cheated out of this