Officials Ruin Steeplechase Competition By Setting A Barrier Six Inches Too High
by Dennis Young from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#3RVQ1)
Wild shit happens in the steeplechase. Emma Coburn won last year's world championship in part because one of the favorites ran around the first water jump instead of over it; a runner at the 2009 U.S. women's championship broke her foot after one barrier was accidentally set at the men's height; in a college race last"