Devon Allen

Philadelphia Eagles Wide Receiver Devon Allen was disqualified from his hurdles event and Twitter reacted to the controversial call.

Devon Allen clearly has the support of most people, as his start wasn’t premature to the starting gun. — Darius Slay (@bigplay24slay)July 18, 2022 Robert Griffin III couldn’t believe his eyes either, as he shows a close-up video of Devon Allen’s start on the disqualification. Devon Allen reacted to the controversial call immediately after the disqualification. For that reason, the Eagles receiver technically false started, thus disqualifying him from the event. Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Devon Allen has been making noise in the 110m hurdles event in track and field.

Devon Allen was disqualified from the World Athletics Championships hurdles finals after reacting too quickly to the starting gun.

He finished in second in the semifinal with a time of 13.09 seconds. The decision to disqualify Allen was met with loud boos from the crowds in Eugene, Oregon. The Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver was disqualified for a false start in the 110-meter hurdles race.

Allen is a week away from starting training camp with the Eagles, where he'll try to make the roster as a wide receiver. He said after he was disqualified for ...

He’ll surely be rusty on the football field, but his incredible athleticism makes him a player the Eagles are eager to see in their training camp. He said after he was disqualified for starting Sunday night’s hurdles final one-thousandth of a second early that his focus will now be on football, but he has much more to do in track and field in the future. “It happens and I’ll learn from it.”

Eagles wide receiver Devon Allen was disqualified from the 110-meter hurdles final Saturday night at Hayward Field after being called for a false-start.

Allen has now competed in four international championship meets without reaching the podium. He was 5th in the 2016 Olympic in Rio de Janeiro in 13.31, 7th in the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, in 13.70 and 4th in the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo in 13.14. Allen qualified for the final by running 13.09 in the third of three semifinal races two hours before the final. Any race assisted by a tailwind over 2.0 meters per second is considered wind-aided. The third semi was assisted by a tailwind of 2.5 meters per second, so marks made in that race are not considered for all-time lists. Even though he did not move before the gun.

The 26-year-old Allen, the 3rd-fastest hurdler ever, had run 13.09 in the semifinals — the 5th-fastest semifinal time in meet history ...

And I think if the officials can’t show him that, he should be able to run and protest. “But it’s just so, so close, there’s a lot of margin for error there. “Track and field is so difficult because you train the whole year for one competition and it lasts 12 seconds, 13 seconds, and that’s that. I know I’m quick, but it kind of sucks.” “It’s frustrating,” Allen said. “I’m hungry for everything I do,” Allen said.

On Sunday, Devon Allen's pid for a podium spot in the 110m hurdles was disqualified by a near-indistinguishable false start infraction.

Crazy!!!" "He started after the gun but 0.001 s before a 0.1 s buffer put in as a rule by jealous mere mortals with fewer skills than him." "This was outrageous."

Allen was DQ'd for a false start by 1/1000th of a second in the world track and field championships.

Though the hurdles result was disappointing, Allen will still have an opportunity to make his mark with the Eagles in a week. In between the ACL tears, Allen finished fifth at the 2016 Rio Olympics in 110-meter hurdles. Allen ran this event in 12.84 seconds last month -- the third-fastest in history. His focus shifts to football, wanting to achieve the ultimate dream in Philadelphia. Allen didn't get to run his race after getting disqualified at the World Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Sunday night. His reaction time was 1/1000th of a second faster than the threshold, which was heartbreaking for Allen.

The 26-year-old Allen, the 3rd-fastest hurdler ever, had run 13.09 in the semifinals — the 5th-fastest semifinal time in meet history ...

And I think if the officials can’t show him that, he should be able to run and protest. “But it’s just so, so close, there’s a lot of margin for error there. “Track and field is so difficult because you train the whole year for one competition and it lasts 12 seconds, 13 seconds, and that’s that. I know I’m quick, but it kind of sucks.” “It’s frustrating,” Allen said. “I’m hungry for everything I do,” Allen said.

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Devon Allen had to watch from the side during the 110-meter finals at the World Athletics Championship Sunday.

However, Allen was disqualified for a false start, leaving the starting block by a one-thousandth of a second early. The 110-meter hurdles was an event Allen has done well with during his track career, especially since he posted one of the fastest times in the world this year. The kind of moment that alienates track fans.” Please consider supporting us with a subscription. “0.10 is an arbitrary standard. “You can’t give Allen a FS (false start) for a .099 reaction time,” Magness tweeted.

Two-sport star Devon Allen, who is an international hurdler as well as a receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles, was disqualified from the World Athletic ...

Instead he was measured at getting off the line in 0.099 seconds, which in the World Championships is treated as a false start, because the belief is nobody can get off the line naturally that quickly. It’s tantamount to taking away a sack and issuing a penalty because a player managed to jump the snap count, or erasing a home run because the a batter knew where the pitch was going. It’s not like this would be a reliable technique. If he was 0.001 faster than the gun, then yes, disqualify him without question. Here’s a case where he was 0.001 quicker than a made up figure established because there’s a belief it’s impossible to start that fast. He didn’t false start, at least in the conventional understanding of jumping the gun.

How does track's false start rule work? Here's a look at the controversial rule that got Eagles WR Devon Allen booted from the world championships.

Allen only would've been allowed to stay in the competition if officials determined that "the information provided by the (sensors) is obviously inaccurate." WA need to change the rule!" The reasoning behind it is a belief that humans are not capable of reacting in less than a tenth of a second, so they must be anticipating the gun and leaving early. The repeated false starts also slowed down the carefully-orchestrated timing of meets. The threshold for the rule, of 100 milliseconds, has been set by World Athletics, the international governing body for track and field. And it upended what could have been a dream night for Allen, who was not only running on home soil but at Hayward Field – the very town and stadium where he competed collegiately at the University of Oregon.

After coming into the event as a possible medal winner, the 27-year-old was not allowed to run after a false start.

However, after a brief appeal, the ruling was upheld and Allen left the track. The former Oregon wideout signed a three-year contract with the Eagles earlier this offseason and Philadelphia will begin training camp next week. Allen was disallowed from running in the final after coming out of the blocks early on Sunday night in Eugene, Ore. The 27-year-old was disqualified due to his reaction time being .001 seconds faster than the .1 threshold that all competitors must meet for a clean start.

The DQ of Devon Allen at the world track and field championships in Eugene, Oregon, was based on reaction time is problematic and wrong.

Then there was a time when a false start by one sprinter was credited to the entire field and if someone else false started then he/she was DQ’d. That never seemed fair, either. As we saw last weekend, World Athletics has continued to enforce the false-start rule at the .100 millisecond limit, and it cost Allen a chance to medal. — and use cameras as a backup, if necessary, at the championship events. It usually requires a gimmick to make news — for instance, when NFL wide receiver DK Metcalf ran in a track meet (even though he was routed), or, in this case, the DQ of Allen, a football-player-to-be that got a small mention on CBS Sports. Earlier this season he produced the fastest time of the year and the third fastest ever, 12.84. He didn’t even get to run the race. Track and field is desperately trying to find an audience, which is one reason it came up with the silly mixed relay event, but the sport is failing miserably. The world record now is 3:43.13. Allen’s reaction time was .099 — one one-thousandth of a second under the allowable limit. All of which is exactly what the sport did not need. The kind of moment that alienates track fans.” The official ruling was that he was disqualified for a false start, but that isn’t what actually happened. In other words, he did not start running before the sound of the starting gun.

Hurdler Devon Allen did not jump before the starting gun. He got disqualified for a false start anyway. That sent parts of the track and field world — and ...

A: In an almost comical episode last year at Olympic trials in the same stadium, nine restarts were needed on a single day — five in the 110 hurdles and four in the women's 400 hurdles — because of malfunctions in the starting blocks. One of the most high-profile victims of the new rule was none other than Usain Bolt, whose false start at the 2011 world championships cost him a chance at the 100-meter title. A: There was a flurry of activity on social media saying it wasn't. One element that stands out: In the semifinals, Allen's reaction time was 0.101 seconds — an indication that either he got very lucky that time. But there is also a rule that says it's a false start if a runner leaves within 0.1 seconds AFTER the gun sounds — the idea being that nobody could possibly react that quickly to the gun. Obviously, if a runner leaves the starting block before the gun goes off, it's an easy call. It could've been 10 had Allen been allowed to run the race.

EUGENE, Ore. — Hurdler Devon Allen did not jump before the starting gun. He got disqualified for a false start anyway. That sent parts of the track and ...

A: In an almost comical episode last year at Olympic trials in the same stadium, nine restarts were needed on a single day — five in the 110 hurdles and four in the women’s 400 hurdles — because of malfunctions in the starting blocks. One of the most high-profile victims of the new rule was none other than Usain Bolt, whose false start at the 2011 world championships cost him a chance at the 100-meter title. A: There was a flurry of activity on social media saying it wasn’t. One element that stands out: In the semifinals, Allen’s reaction time was 0.101 seconds — an indication that either he got very lucky that time. But there is also a rule that says it’s a false start if a runner leaves within 0.1 seconds AFTER the gun sounds — the idea being that nobody could possibly react that quickly to the gun. Obviously, if a runner leaves the starting block before the gun goes off, it’s an easy call. He got disqualified for a false start anyway.