Sprinters Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh finished in a dead heat for third place in the 100 meters at the Olympic trials on Saturday in Oregon, and they. Flashresults' Roger Jennings explains the tie between Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh in an exclusive LetsRun.com interview. Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh both crossed the finish line at 11.068 seconds. Pictured: The incredible tie between US sprinters at Olympic trials. Allyson Felix in US squad as Jeneba Tarmoh pulls. Allyson Felix, Jeneba Tarmoh Tie In 1. At US Olympic Trials. Here's the photo finish (click to. Getty. Things got chaotic at the Olympic Trials this weekend when. Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh tied for third- place in the. Originally, officials ruled that Tarmoh won by 0. As you can see in this picture, it. Here's. what they came up with and released to the public last night. There will either be a coin flip or a run off. Why wasn't. there a protocol in place so the Olympics spot could be decided. Why would you, in a million years, chose. Olympics on a coin flip? But this. whole fiasco makes USATF look really bad regardless. Apologies in advance for. Jeneba Tarmoh (bottom, lane 1) and Allyson Felix cross the finish line at exactly the same time in the 1. Photo by USATF/Getty Images. An unusual thing happened Saturday evening at the Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon. During the women’s 1. Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh tied for third. The finish was so close that images taken with a high- speed camera couldn’t tell who was faster. And it was imperative that there not be a tie: The third- place finisher was to take the last spot to run the event for the U. ![]() In case you missed it, the woman’s 100 meter finals at the USATF Olympic Trials resulted in a “tie” for 3rd and 4th place. One week after finishing in a third-place tie in the 100 meters, Allyson Felix blows away the field in the 200 at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials. With the Dead Heat drama of 2012 behind them, sprinters Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh return to Eugene for the U.S. Olympic Track and Field trials. S. There will be either a coin flip or a runoff (that is, another race, between just those two runners), and the two athletes get to decide which. If they disagree, then there will be a runoff. If both athletes decline to choose either option, there will be a coin toss. And it must be decided by Sunday, when the Olympic trials end. What’s a runner to do? Bobby Kersee, who coaches both Felix and Tarmoh, is in favor of a runoff. A true sports fan should settle for nothing less than a do- over. On the other hand, there are obvious downsides to running another race, mainly the risk of an Olympic- sidelining injury. Then again, if you’re one of the runners, and you ask for a coin toss, are you basically admitting that you’re probably the slower runner? ![]() Before contacting Ellenberg, we reasoned that the situation might be similar to “The Prisoner’s Dilemma,” a math problem in which two conspiring criminals are faced with staying mum or ratting each other out to avoid a long jail sentence. In that case, regardless of what your fellow inmate does, making the selfish choice (ratting out your friend) is best. Perhaps the strategy the athletes should take to solve this “runner’s dilemma” is similarly simple. Perhaps not.“There’s no way to tell if this is like the prisoner’s dilemma,” Ellenberg said. If the other runner says run, you should agree—why look like a wimp when you’ll have to run anyways? But if the other runner wants to flip, unless you are really confident that you’ll win a second race, it makes sense to take the toss to avoid the added injury risk. A runoff, Ellenberg added, might have different conditions than the first race that favor one runner over the other. Their new tie- breaking guidelines leave nothing to chance. Well, then it’s just an automatic flip, no runner’s dilemma to be had. The decision—coin flip or runoff—will most likely come by Friday. Bobby Kersee advised his athletes to not make a choice until they both compete in Thursday’s 2. Let’s hope they don’t tie.
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