WHAT IS MORE GRIEVOUS, A RACE INCIDENT OR A MAN RUNNING­ AGAINST WOMEN?
THE TRUTH IS THAT THE MAN HAS THE GOLD­ MEDAL, RODRIGUEZ IS CRYING FOR NOT HAVING IT.

Re-run the final! Has to be the comment of someone who­ hasn't competed. On the occasions when I have run­ heats and finals, I would have been in no fit state to­ run another round for days. 1500m is quite physical, I­ remember a particularly rough ride from one John Walker­ at the Palace in the mid eighties. It's a very­ tactical event and you have to put up with it! As for­ reinstating of athletes after 'incidents' in­ the qualifying rounds, try telling that to Jim­ Ryun!

Rodriguez ran a poor race, when she was clearly­ the strongest, so to be Dq'd will hurt even more.­ Any athlete knows that if someone tries to come past on­ the inside, you don't give way to them. It was a­ stupid move (red mist!), but not malevolent. Burka did­ look frail and, unforunate though the incident was, I­ doubt she was on for a medal. Fair punishment, and­ Burka should be offered a damn good apology!

P. E, what a Jealous Hating thing you are!! -How dare­ you speak that Mouthful way without conclusive Proof­ about EVERYBODY. How old are you? I guess 5 yo. Think­ not twice but five times what you say and get informed­ and the facts right. Your hatred for a particular­ successful nation blinds your speech and helps sh1tte­ for your bitterness and emotional anxiety and­ frustrative attempts to see your nation doing well. ­ Sore Loser !! Get a grip.

It wasn't her tactics that made the Ethiopian fall­ - it was her push. Poor tactics may have got her­ boxed, but nobody made her try and push a gap open to­ get out of trouble. No way the Ethiopian had to move­ over and allow her to extricate herself and possibly­ win the race. Some pushing is allowed in­ middle-distance running, but if the other athlete­ falls, you know you are going to get dq'd. I do­ agree with daveblito though - what has it got to do­ with the Zurich lot? She has had her punishment now. ­ leave it at that.

She pushed Burka I saw it clearly, altought she tried­ to pass from the inside she did a mistake. 1500m is­ very very tactical, she had to gain her advantage way­ before if she wanted to win

People should give her a break . The whole thing was­ an unfortunate "accident " . She was only­ trying to protect herself from falling so she leaned­ on the athlete in front of her "three times­ " . Unfortunately the other athlete was too weak­ and could not support her so she fell instead . Not­ really !!

serves her right!!!..no remorse!!!!..european athelete­ always have lots of excuses when penalised if things­ are not in their favour!!!...

She is not a criminal. This kind of incidents happen in­ almost every race. Burka was fragile and tired. She­ also tried to close the gap as she did on semifinals.­ Since she felt, now we are talking about misconduct,­ but in fact we cannot critisize her. I am sure she has­ been the most affected one, since she may have won. Why­ is she being banned in Zurich? How can be so­ permissible with so many other practices like doping­ and banning her for this matter?

Geo...you are an idiot

The Spaniard should have been given a 2 year ban. ­ Because of her reckless move, Burka couldn't get a­ medal at all.

IAAF needs to do something to quell the­ violence in middle distance races. In this World­ Championship, in the 800/1500m races, particularly for­ the women, someone fell in almost every heat.

Dis qualification alone will not bring any justice. In­ fact there must be a total re-run of the final should­ be made. In that re-run the disqualified athelete­ should not be allowed to participate. I think this­ would solve the agony of all the nations.

She didnt deliberately push anybody, im afraid; she­ tried to overtake a much slower athlete where there was­ a bit of a gap; ok, only a bit of a gap, but she got­ almost level to her because there was that gap; then­ there was some contact, the same way as there was some­ contact fromn the Russian lady in the first lap; the­ only difference is that the Russian lady and the­ Spanish lady are much stronger and they didnt stumble­ down. We have all seen many times how an athlete goes­ on the inside with the same gap; Unfortunately, it was­ not the best decision this time, and the ethiopian­ athlete fell. Worse for all is that the 2 strongest­ athletes by a long way were not awarded their prize­ (please dont forget that the Spanish lady is as­ destroyed as the ethipian for not being able to get a­ medal)

Last, I would like to critisize the Zurich­ committe, which has just announced that they do not­ invite Natalia to their meeting to avoid any possible­ problem with the public (which is Switzerland, and not­ Germany) Nice piece of discrimination there, if you ask­ me

What are we discussing here? Everybody agrees about the­ Disqualification even the athlete begrudginly.
But to­ slag off the athlete for the incident is Unfair. She­ just tried to have some space stretching her arms as­ another athlet gets in the way cutting off the pace­ leaving you with less than a split second to think­ where you are going to step on next. Sure no-one­ should slow down in front of another athlet when­ overtaking but that is how happened at at some extent.­ Overtake yes but do not disrupt the rythm so sudden. ­ Besides it happens all the time so it's no point in­ carrying on talking.

I think the Ethiopian should take that ugly woman to­ COURT. she did not delibrately push her once but, 3­ times. she made sure that she knocked her down. the­ Ethiopian was clearly the favorite to win the GOLD. I­ think the other athlecs should do the same to that ugly­ selfish unsports man/woman stupid Rodriguez. the sports­ doesn`t need these kinds of cheats. she should be­ punished.

@ arsharf b
If she didn't fall nothong would have­ happend well said, bu she fell and her victory is­ stolen.

the Ethiopian was very frail too and didnt handle that­ slight push...if she didnt fall nobody would have cared­ because it happens a lot especially in the 1500 m­ races..nobody punished Morcelli when he caused­ elguerrouj's fall to deprive him of 1996­ Olympics..please watch the video on youtube and see how­ deliberately Morceli puts his foot in front of­ Elguerrouj..but Morceli was the champ then and­ Elguerrouj was a nobody.

Aww come on
She did not intentionally push her. She­ simply made a tactical error attacking on her inside.­ She misjudged the space. It could have happened to any­ athlete in that kind of a race.

SHE SHOULD BE SUSPENDED.... no excuses for what she­ done...sports means fair play respect for the­ rivals...she run into the adversarie like she was­ playing rugby