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Womens 100 Hurdles - Prefontaine Classic 2009

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Event 10  Women 100 Meter Hurdles
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       World: W 12.21  1988        Yordanka Donkova, Bulgaria               
    American: A 12.33  2000        Gail Devers                              
     Hayward: H 12.45  2003        Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Jamaica          
     Hayward: H 12.45  2008        Lolo Jones, USA                          
 Prefontaine: P 12.45  2003        Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Jamaica          
   All-Comer: @ 12.33  7/23/2000   Gail Devers, USA                         
    Name                    Year Team                    Finals  Wind       
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Finals                                                                      
  1 Michelle Perry               USA                      12.74   1.0 12.731
  2 Damu Cherry                  USA                      12.74   1.0 12.739
  3 Priscilla Lopes-Schliep      Canada                   12.75   1.0       
  4 Perdita Felicien             Canada                   12.78   1.0       
  5 Brigitte Foster-Hylton       Jamaica                  13.08   1.0       
  6 Ginny Powell                 USA                      13.20   1.0       
  7 Vonette Dixon                Jamaica                  13.31   1.0       
 -- Dawn Harper                  USA                        DNF   1.0


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 SpeedMerchant001
NOTE that Canadian athlete Priscilla Lopes-Schliep appears to have DELIBERATELY generated the false start in this race.

Observe that after all the girls rose up into the set positon, she flinched really hard, then waited for someone else to react to her movement with a false start. After ALL the other hurdlers had cleared their blocks and she heard the restart gun go off, she "pretended" to clear her blocks also. (She's not a very good actress.)

Because her feet never cleared the blocks when she flinched, she was not charged with the false start, and it was assigned to the field instead. This tactic is not illegal, but definitely not good sportsmanship, either. Damu Cherry and Michelle Perry were not at fault here.

Coaches, please rewind this clip and it study a few times, then reply and COMMENT with your thoughts and opinions. Am I being too harsh or judgemental? (We all know what a legitimate "flinch" looks like.) The athletes I train know they won't get rewarded for this type of behavior.

Thank you.
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