Originally Posted by mjw16

Rosie Ruiz and/or life changing it is not, however, it is intriguing from a sports ethics perspective. I must admit that, personally, I found it irritating that our combined efforts and investments were compromised by this, however, whatever the cause, we've all moved on. My final thoughts are this: at it's most benign her decision was a bad call, at worst it was an attempt to cheat to either distract from a poor performance or to attempt to wrestle an improved time from the officials. The end result (failing to post a competitive time) is irrelevant, an attempt to cheat may have been made and this would have the bigger impact on a sport that relies on each participant's honesty. On the other hand, if it were an intentional mistake, would it rise to the level of cheating? Especially if she were dishonest in pursuing a result that should have been disqualified by the willful failure to wear the timing chip the right way.