RetroCora wrote:Scottish bronze in the 4x400m off the back of that, but I can honestly say that I'd much rather England kept their gold. That's an awful way to lose it.
It is awful that that great moment means nothing, but then it's also totally stonewall and absolutely basic stuff. With Zharnel Hughes earlier that's two English medals lost because our athletes can't stay between two frigging obvious white lines. Hughes has a bit of form after getting DQed in Tokyo. He's obviously a quality sprinter because he was in the Olympic 100m final (they all are), but it's a discipline thing - nobody forced these athletes to commit an infringement in the same way a striker can force a defender into a foul or a fighter can trick an opponent into dropping guard or giving a limb. Gun goes, you run in line, if in relay don't drop baton. That's basically it. It's totally up to you.
I've had a bit of a rant about this, sorry!