Jeneba Tarmoh Refuses to Race Allyson Felix in a Run-off, Concedes Olympic Spot in the 100
Jeneba Tarmoh and Allyson Felix were all set to have a run-off tonight on NBC to determine who goes to the Olympics – they famously tied for 3rd place in the 100 last month – but it isn’t happening. Tarmoh has decided she’s uncomfortable with the race-off or even the coin flip, and has conceded the spot in the race to Felix, according to USA Today’s David Leon Moore.
Puzzling? Shocking? Yup. Something happened over the weekend – I’m sure it’ll eventually come out – and the two runners had a phone conversation. This morning, Tarmoh pulled out.
After the tie, Tarmoh was upset and said, “I just feel like I earned the third spot. I almost feel like I was robbed.” Initially, she was awarded 3rd place, given a medal and did a victory lap. After all of that, she received the news of a dead heat. One minute you’re headed to the Olympics, the next you’re … in a 1 on 1 televised race for a spot in the Olympics.
Did Felix want the race, but not the coin flip? Could the two friends not come to an agreement? (In that scenario, why not just race?) Tarmoh will be eligible for the US 400 relay team. Felix, the much more accomplished runner, is headed to the Olympics to race in the 200, her best event.
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July 2nd, 2012 at 12:18 PM
Makes no sense
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:20 PM
The girl on the bottom looks like the winner to me
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:21 PM
how does she run with such tiny feet?
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:23 PM
Those are the smallest feet I have ever seen on a runner. All her shoes come in 3T
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:24 PM
So this is unexpected
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:26 PM
Man good thing the New Yorker didn’t run a condescending article about this run-off being the most pure competition in sports.
… oh
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:26 PM
@mole
which issue?
/about 3 issues behind right now
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:27 PM
Pretty sure it’s when your torso crosses the line.
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:29 PM
new yorker article link.
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:30 PM
How do you become a world class athlete with that type of attitude? So you’re not even going to try? Seriously?
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:33 PM
Obviously, she got a head start that nobody noticed in the original race, ala Seinfeld
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:34 PM
How do you become a world class athlete with that type of attitude? So you’re not even going to try? Seriously?
That’s what I thought at first. But, then I forgot about conspiracy stories that need to get out.
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:36 PM
In the words of the esteemed Tim Ryan, “Not really.”.
Allyson Felix
Jeneba Tarmoh
/draw your own conclusions
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:36 PM
technically, she’s only a nation-class athlete. if she were world-class, she’d have qualified.
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:36 PM
She might as well hang a “I’m afraid that I’ll lose the race-off” sign from her neck. This is just so wrong.
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:37 PM
I was wondering that, because I always see the runners stretching out their hands like any part of their body is what wins it. I also dont understand how this is the photo that was used, when half their bodies are over the line, would think a split second earlier would be more accurate
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:37 PM
Felix has cock photos of Tarmoh.
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:37 PM
The girl on the bottom looks like the winner to me
Agree
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:38 PM
Wait until Hoke and Urban are forced into a dance-off for B1G Coach of the Year.
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:38 PM
they mustve cut down the ugly tree tarmoh fell out of and made drawing pencils out of it.
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:38 PM
She probably got paid off.
/Unconfirmed by me – totally random and baseless accusation
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:41 PM
I tell you what, if it were two dudes, they would totally race-off. This is why womenfolk need to stay in the kitchen rather than try their hand at this “sport” thing.
/Kinda kidding
//but not really
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:41 PM
hoke: truffle shuffle
urban: heart attack ho-down
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:41 PM
I dont know, if it’s strictly torsos we’re looking at, it looks like the top girls’ boobs gave her the tie
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:41 PM
They both just ran the 200m. I’m surprised mostly because I got the impression Felix was tired from that one, had a great chance to win the 200m in London, and if she felt anything less than 100%, was going to withdraw anyway.
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:42 PM
i dunno what picture yall are looking at, but the one above looks distorted as shit.
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:42 PM
Tarmoh: Did the Leno show call yet?
Agent: “……..”
Tarmoh: Hello?
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:43 PM
She probably got paid off.
also acceptable: couldn’t get more synthetic drugs to cycle properly on short notice
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:43 PM
Maybe she chooses not to run so the myth of being a 3rd place runner can continue.
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:43 PM
“athlete is defined as having crossed the finish line when his or her torso breaks the plane of the finish”
Hands don’t matter. Arms don’t matter. Head doesn’t matter. Neck doesn’t matter. Feet don’t matter. Legs don’t matter.
These cameras record a picture every thousandth of a second. In the picture a thousandth of a second before this one, neither chest had touched the finish line. In this one, both appear to be hitting it. At the same thousandth of a second. No way to break that tie.
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:43 PM
A three-way tie?
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:44 PM
nope, their feet really are that tiny and they run with their arms flailing about in the way the photo shows
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:44 PM
Would have only taken her 3.2 seconds to fall 100m. Maybe she should have gone that route.
/quadratic equation’d
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:45 PM
A pop-up Sprite ad that has a minimum time before you can close it? Fuck that, USA Today.
/slams door
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:45 PM
i, for one, am blown away by how long the thigh on the chick at the top in the pic is.
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:46 PM
You finish once your torso crosses the line- not your head, not your feet and not your arms.
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:47 PM
Doesn’t this give big-chested women an advantage over their small-chested counterparts?
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:47 PM
This is a mystery, the likes of which have never been seen before.
/McNair’d
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:48 PM
not really…hard to be that ripped with big ol titties unless you’re on so many roids you’re getting both the male and female side effects like serpenis williams.
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:49 PM
A pop-up Sprite ad that has a minimum time before you can close it? Fuck that, USA Today.
Agreed. Sprite just lost a customer.
/never drank Sprite anyway.
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:49 PM
i’d love to see her sitting in a chair or a bar stool.
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:49 PM
serpenis
That is the new movie coming out on Syfy next week.
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:52 PM
i’d imagine only if they were swinging free and not compressed to reduce bouncing.
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:52 PM
Butters already has his DVR set
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:54 PM
Recorded something called Arachnoquake yesterday starring Edward Furlong and Tracey Gold (formerly of Growing Pains and eating disorder fame)…pretty excited about this one
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:54 PM
Holy shit I watched 15-20 minutes of “Jersey Shore Shark Attack” yesterday. There is no way, no way at all, that SyFy takes itself seriously with original movies.
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:57 PM
it’s the modern day “Roger Corman Presents”.
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:59 PM
It was so over the top that the humor of watching it became boring. I could tell you all of the reasons it was beyond horrible – as in the worst movie I’ve ever seen – but I must get back to work.
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:59 PM
“you know, i really thought jersey shore shark attack was going to be a serious film that really, you know, made me think.”
-ndub
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:00 PM
They clearly don’t. But you take yourself seriously with this comment. And that is fucking horrifying.
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:02 PM
The shark movies of theirs have taken a turn for the boring though so he’s right about that…these days the bad movie junkie needs to dig deeper into the filth to find stuff along the lines of Birdemic
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:02 PM
What’s the worst movie that was trying to be good? Obviously Jersey shore attack doesn’t count. How about Gigli?
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:02 PM
I’m sorry for making fun of your favorite movie, guys.
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:04 PM
Garden State.
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:04 PM
clearly the room. clearly.
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:04 PM
The 4th Indiana Jones movie…although having him survive a nuclear explosion by hiding in a refrigerator might signify that it wasn’t intending to be good
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:05 PM
im having way too much fun thinking of quotes attributed to you for you to have to apologize.
“you know, i heard so much about mel brooks but thought his movies were a little silly.”
-ndub
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:05 PM
AVP:Requiem
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:05 PM
Sister Act?
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:06 PM
watch this clip and tell me the room is not the true worst film ever made.
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:06 PM
How is that any different than surviving jumping out of an airplane and going over a waterfall in an inflatable raft?
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:07 PM
Oh hi Mark.
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:08 PM
the internet wasn’t available for snark when that movie was released.
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:08 PM
I tried watching this yesterday. Just couldn’t do it.
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:09 PM
What’s that from? And the difference is that one wasn’t a nuclear detonation that a kitchen appliance provided protection from
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:09 PM
spiderman 3
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:11 PM
Temple Of Doom
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:11 PM
Temple of Doom
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:11 PM
Which is my favorite
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:12 PM
Temple of Yahoo Finance
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:12 PM
I probably shouldn’t have admitted that
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:13 PM
Never heard of it, but definitely will check it out based on that clip. As a kid, I loved the original jurassic park. Jurassic Park 3 was such a disappointment. I’m not a big William H. Macy fan. And that movie didn’t help the matter.
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:13 PM
Forgot the appropriate punctuation.
“Oh hi, Mark.”
+1 I definitely have breast cancer!
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:13 PM
I’ve admitted many times that I am all-in with the Indy series. I watch Crystal Skull whenever it’s on TV, and I can guarantee you I’ll see the 5th one in the theaters when it comes out.
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:18 PM
maybe the indy franchise will be like bret saberhagen; every other movie will be good.
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:38 PM
Seriously though. What’s wrong with her feet?
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:52 PM
The Jeneba Convention really protected Allyson Felix in this case.