‘Of course I am extremely disappointed ... [but] I have to move on now as there is no point dwelling on the past.’ - Usain Bolt
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August 30, 2011
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DAEGU - The false start rule introduced in January last year by the International Association of Athletics Federations is coming under scrutiny after sprint king Usain Bolt was disqualified from the 100-meter final on Sunday. Unlike in previous editions of the Worlds, when the race would have re-started and Bolt almost certainly would have won, the Jamaican got no second chance last weekend and is now focused on Friday’s 200-meter final. “Of course I am extremely disappointed not to have had the chance to defend my title due to the false start,” Bolt said in a statement released yesterday. “However, I have to move on now as there is no point dwelling on the past.” But Bolt is not the only athlete to come a cropper because of the new rule. Kim Kuk-young, the national record holder in the 100 meters with 10.23 seconds, was kicked out during the preliminary rounds on the opening day for the same reason.
The first major change came in 2003, when the IAAF, the world athletics governing body, decided that whoever made the second false start of any race would be disqualified. The current rule was approved in 2009 by a vote at the IAAF General Assembly in Berlin, with a 97-55 majority. After Sunday’s shock result, the IAAF signaled that it has no intention of revoking the rule, at least not yet. “It is important to remember that a sport’s credibility depends on its rules and they must also be applied consistently and fairly for all athletes,” it said. “The current false start rule, applicable to all but combined events, has been in effect since Jan. 1, 2010 and all elite athletes have had the chance to adjust.” They may have, but the thousands who bused their way across the country on Sunday to watch the man who has single-handedly resurrected athletics and fired it back into the popular imagination, were not. A hushed silence washed through Daegu Stadium on Sunday night as is slowly dawned on people that Bolt was out. In the end, the most highly anticipated event of the biennial Worlds seemed like little more than a footnote, as Bolt’s training partner, 21-year-old Yohan Blake, raced to victory. In the absence of Bolt, the former world and Olympic champion, as well as his teammate Asafa Powell and American Tyson Gay (both injured), the race hardly seemed a fair indication of who now ranks as the world’s fastest man. Before the race began, most analysts were not trying to guess who would win it - but whether Bolt had been playing possum late in the season and was preparing to thrill everyone with another electrifying, world record-setting performance to beat his own 9.58 seconds. But that will now probably remain a mystery until the London Olympics next summer, as may the fate of the false start rule. “I don’t think the false start rule is the right one, but as the IAAF think it is good for TV it will probably stay,” said Sunday’s bronze medalist Kim Collins. By Joo Kyung-don [kjoo@joongang.co.kr] ÇÑ±Û °ü·Ã ±â»ç [Áß¾ÓÀϺ¸] “º¼Æ®, ¿ì½º²Î½º·¯¿î ±ÔÁ¤¿¡ °É·Áµé¾î” ‘¹ø°³ ÀâÀº ½Ç°Ý ±ÔÁ¤’ ¿µ±¹ ¾ð·Ðµé °³Á¤ Ã˱¸ ¿ì»çÀÎ º¼Æ®(25·ÀÚ¸ÞÀÌÄ«)°¡ 28ÀÏ ´ë±¸ ¼¼°èÀ°»ó¼±¼ö±Ç´ëȸ 100m °á½Â¿¡¼ ºÎÁ¤Ãâ¹ß·Î ½Ç°ÝµÇÀÚ ±ÔÁ¤À» °íÃÄ¾ß ÇÑ´Ù´Â ¿©·ÐÀÌ Àϰí ÀÖ´Ù. ±¹Á¦À°»ó°æ±â¿¬¸Í(IAAF)Àº Áö³ÇغÎÅÍ ºÎÁ¤Ãâ¹ß ±ÔÁ¤À» ¾ö°ÝÈ÷ Àû¿ëÇß´Ù. ÈïÇàÀ» À§Çؼ´Ù. ÀæÀº ºÎÁ¤Ãâ¹ß·Î °æ±â°¡ Áö·çÇØÁø´Ù´Â ÁöÀûÀ» °¨¾ÈÇß´Ù. µ¶ÀÏ dpaÅë½ÅÀº “»ó´ëÀûÀ¸·Î ¿¼¼ÀÎ ¼±¼öµéÀÌ ¶óÀ̹úÀ» ÀÚ±ØÇϱâ À§ÇØ ÀϺη¯ ºÎÁ¤Ãâ¹ßÀ» ÇØ ±èÀ» »©´Â µî ½Å°æÀüÀÌ ÀÖ¾ú´Ù”°í º¸µµÇß´Ù. ´õ Å« ÀÌÀ¯´Â ±ÝÀüÀûÀÎ ¹®Á¦´Ù. ºÎÁ¤Ãâ¹ß·Î °æ±â°¡ Áö¿¬µÇÀÚ ¹æ¼Û ÂÊ¿¡¼ ºÒ¸¸ÀÌ ³ª¿Ô´Ù. dpa´Â “IAAF°¡ ¸¹Àº Áß°è±Ç·á¸¦ ¹Þ±â À§ÇØ ±ÔÁ¤À» °íÃÄ¾ß Çß´Ù”°í º¸µµÇß´Ù. ¡¡±×·¯³ª ÈïÇàÀ» À§ÇØ ¹Ù²Û ±ÔÁ¤ÀÌ ÃÖ°í ½ºÅ¸¸¦ Èñ»ý½Ã۰í ÀÌ·Î ÀÎÇØ ÈïÇàÀÌ ³ªºüÁö´Â ¿ª¼³ÀûÀÎ °á°ú°¡ ³ª¿Ô´Ù. °Ô´Ù°¡ ºÎÁ¤Ãâ¹ß¿¡ ´ëÇÑ Á¦Àç°¡ ¾ö°ÝÇÏ¸é ¼±¼öµéÀº ¿òÃ÷·¯µé°í ½ºÅ¸Æ® ¹ÝÀÀ¼Óµµ°¡ ´À·ÁÁ® ±â·Ï ´ÜÃàÀÌ ½±Áö ¾Ê´Ù. ¡¡¼±¼öµéµµ Ãæ°ÝÀ» ¹Þ¾Ò´Ù. 100m¿¡¼ Àº¸Þ´ÞÀ» µý ¿ùÅÍ µñ½º(¹Ì±¹)´Â “½ÇÁ¦ »óȲÀÌ ¾Æ´Ñ °Í °°´Ù”¸ç “IAAF°¡ º¼Æ®¸¦ ¾Æ¿ô½Ã۸®¶ó°í »ý°¢ÇÏÁö ¸øÇß´Ù”°í ¸»Çß´Ù. ¿ì½ÂÀÚÀÎ ¿äÇÑ ºí·¹ÀÌÅ©(ÀÚ¸ÞÀÌÄ«)´Â “³»°¡ ¾ðÁ¨°¡ ¿ì½ÂÇÒ ÁÙ ¾Ë¾ÒÁö¸¸ À̹øÀÌ µÉ ÁÙÀº ¸ô¶ú´Ù. ³ª´Â ½Â¸®¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ±â»Ý°ú º¼Æ®¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ½½ÇÄÀ» µ¿½Ã¿¡ ´À³¢°í ÀÖ´Ù”°í Çß´Ù. ¡¡¾ð·Ð, ƯÈ÷ ¿µ±¹ÀÇ ¹Ìµð¾îµéÀÌ ±ÔÁ¤À» ´Ù½Ã ¿ÏÈÇØ¾ß ÇÑ´Ù°í Ã˱¸ÇÏ°í ³ª¼¹´Ù. ³»³â ¿¸± ·±´ø ¿Ã¸²ÇÈ¿¡¼µµ ºñ½ÁÇÑ ÀÏÀÌ ¹ú¾îÁ® ´ëȸ¸¦ ¸ÁÄ¥±î ºÁ¼´Ù. °¡µð¾ðÀº ‘º¼Æ®°¡ ¿ì½º²Î½º·¯¿î ±ÔÁ¤¿¡ °É·Áµé¾ú´Ù’°í º¸µµÇß´Ù. ÀÎµðÆæ´øÆ®´Â ‘º¼Æ®ÀÇ Ãæ°ÝÀûÀÎ ÅðÃâ ¶§¹®¿¡ ºÎÁ¤Ãâ¹ß ±ÔÁ¤¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ³í¶õÀÌ Ã˹ߵƴْ¸ç ±ÔÁ¤ °³Á¤ÀÌ ÇÊ¿äÇÏ´Ù°í ½è´Ù. ¿µ±¹ ¾ð·ÐÀº ½ºÇÁ¸°ÅÍ Å¸À̽¼ °ÔÀ̰¡ Áö³ÇØ ºÎÁ¤Ãâ¹ß¿¡ ´ëÇØ ÇÑ ¸»µµ ÀοëÇß´Ù. ±×´Â “º¼Æ®°¡ ºÎÁ¤Ãâ¹ßÇÏ¸é ¸ðµÎ°¡ Ȱ¡ ³ª¼ ½Ç°Ý½ÃŰÁö ¸»¶ó°í ÇÒ °Í”À̶ó¸ç “º¼Æ®°¡ ½Ç°ÝÇÏ¸é »õ ±ÔÁ¤¿¡ °æÁ¾À» ¿ï¸®´Â ¼À”À̶ó°í Çß´Ù. ¡¡±×·¯³ª IAAF´Â ±ÔÁ¤À» ´Ù½Ã °íÄ¡´Â ¹®Á¦¿¡ ´ëÇØ ºÎÁ¤ÀûÀÌ´Ù. IAAF´Â 29ÀÏ “±ÔÄ¢Àº ±ÔÄ¢ÀÌ´Ù. º¼Æ®°¡ Å»¶ôÇÑ °ÍÀº ±ÔÁ¤ÀÌ °øÁ¤ÇÏ´Ù´Â °É Áõ¸íÇÑ °ÍÀÌ°í °³Á¤À» ¿ä±¸ÇÏ´Â ¹ÝÀÀÀº ¾ÆÁ÷ ¼²ºÎ¸£´Ù. ½Ã°£À» µÎ°í »ý°¢ÇØ º¼ ¹®Á¦”¶ó°í ¹ßÇ¥Çß´Ù. ±×·¯³ª “¹®Á¦°¡ ½É°¢ÇØÁö¸é 4ÀÏ ÃÑȸ¿¡¼ ³íÀÇÇØº¼ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù”°í µÞ¹®Àº ¿¾î³ù´Ù. ¡¡ÇÑÆí ¿ì»çÀÎ º¼Æ®´Â “ÄÁµð¼ÇÀÌ ¾ÆÁÖ ÁÁ¾Ò°í °á½Â¿¡¼´Â ´õ »¡¸® ´Þ¸± Áغñ°¡ µÅ ÀÖ¾ú´Ù. ±×·¯³ª Áö³ª°£ ÀÏ¿¡ ¹Ì·ÃÀ» µÑ ¼ö´Â ¾ø°í ´Ù½Ã ¾ÕÀ¸·Î ³ª¾Æ°¡¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. ¸çÄ¥°£ ´Ù½Ã ÁýÁßÇØ ³²ÀÚ 200£í ¿¹¼±À» ÁغñÇϰڴٔ°í IAAF¸¦ ÅëÇØ ¹ßÇ¥Çß´Ù. ¡ßIAAF ºÎÁ¤Ãâ¹ß ±ÔÁ¤ º¯Ãµ=ºÎÁ¤ Ãâ¹ßÀ» ÇÏ´Â ¼±¼ö°¡ °ð¹Ù·Î ½Ç°Ý 󸮵Ǵ ÇöÇà ±ÔÁ¤Àº 2009³â Åë°úµÇ¾î Áö³ÇØ 1¿ù 1ÀÏ ÀÌÈÄ ¿¸° ¸ðµç ´ëȸ¿¡¼ Àû¿ëµÆ´Ù. ¸ÞÀÌÀú´ëȸ Áß ´ë±¸ ¼¼°è¼±¼ö±ÇÀÌ Ã³À½À¸·Î ÀÌ ±ÔÁ¤À» Àû¿ë¹Þ´Â ´ëȸ´Ù. 2009³â±îÁö´Â µÎ ¹øÂ° ³ª¿Â ºÎÁ¤Ãâ¹ßºÎÅÍ ½Ç°Ý½ÃÄ×´Ù. 2003³â±îÁö´Â ÇÑ ¼±¼ö°¡ µÎ ¹ø ºÎÁ¤Ãâ¹ßÀ» ÇØ¾ß ½Ç°ÝµÆ´Ù. |