US Champs 2009 Short Track Men 500m A Final

Travis Jayner
Jordan Malone
Apolo Ohno
JR Celski

Travis Jayner does a Bradbury! Last Man Standing!

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[armvamg]

Can someone explain to me a few things...

1. Why did they restart the first time but not the second, when the same amount of people fell in both?

2. What is "dirty" about how Apolo raced? Within the context of the race, how does one cheat?

I want to understand short track more and would appreciate a non-biased explanation of the race. Thanks!

[Zclyh3]

@armvamg

1. There is rule where if more than 50% of skaters fall, it's essentially "not a race" anymore. The judges can then call the race. They did not restart the second time because Travis Jayner had already crossed the line before Ohno and Malone slammed into the wall. Once a skater crosses the line, the race is over. It cannot be restarted and the results stand.

2. Some claim he purposely grabbed Jayner to cause the fall. Some people say it wasn't intentional. You decide.

[armvamg]

@Zclyh3 interesting. Thanks! So, in the case of Steven Bradbury from the 2002 Olympics, he hadn't cross the line yet when all the skaters fell, yet they didn't redo the race.  They just kept it going. Why is that?

[Zclyh3]

@armvamg That's exactly what the skaters asked . But in the end, it's the judges that decide if a race is stopped or not. In Bradbury's case, no one was seriously injured, so they kept the race going.

In this race, a lot of skaters felt that since because Apolo fell, they stopped the raced only for this reason. Was it because of favoritism? Who knows. Remember it's the refs that stop the race. The ref that stopped it even admitted it was the wrong call. Jordan should have won this race.

[mygreenheaven]

Huh. Well it was a very VERY smart tactical decision, since that's technically legal, I believe, in short track (because he was in front of them) and with three people down a re-start would be necessary, and give him a chance of winning. It's playing VERY dirty, and it's obviously really dangerous, but it's not cheating. Obnoxious as fuck, though. Lol.

[Zclyh3]

@mygreenheaven That's actually why they restarted the race.  There is apparently a rule where if over 50% of the skaters fall, they can restart the race.

[CrAzySkittles98]

In my opinion, THE SLOW MOTION PART IS FUNNY(:

[MrPoppagergio]

Cheater? For not wanting to go head on with a blade?

[8Menachi8]

@armvamg I am and still am a fan of Apolo but if you look at 1:02, you can see Apolo grabbing the skater in front/ahead of him and pulling on his arm.

[davidchavez12364]

nice video thanks for sharing very interesting .. god bless

[Vivitjuuhh]

I love Shorttrack!!!♥♥ I'm 11 and i do it. I love it becouse i love the speed and just the sport. This time i was 3th off Europa!!!! And i just love it;)

[Arielforsklein]

Apolo Ohno, yet again showing what bad sportsmanship is. Very exciting race no less.

[xCheesecBoyx]

i did this today in oakland on my start

[Darthdarbinks1]

2:50 jordan's like omg

[pumpkin45pie]

@Havixus there's not like special training, you kinda fall how you fall. Basically, you just learn not to mess up your blades or fracture your shins by spinning to face away from the boards before you hit /:

[pumpkin45pie]

@miamisoccerlover12 that's right. I also have experience with falling :S and really, the only thing you have control of is trying to spin so you don't mess up the blades on the boards. I don't like how Apolo skates, but it's really not like he fell to take down other skaters

[CrAzySkittles98]

Did the same guy win each time?