3 views: Alan Webb falls in final meters of 800m at George Mason, runs 1:59

Flo Track on January 29, 2012, 7:35am | More Posts

Alan Webb ran the 800 meters in the Patriot Games Invitational at George Mason in Fairfax, VA on Saturday. Webb who was running his second 800 of the season was in second place coming off the final turn when he tripped up and fell to the ground. Webb got up to finish the race, jogging in to finish 6th with a time of 1:59.43. The winner of the race was George Empty of George Mason who ran 1:53.31.

There were three video of the race uploaded to Flotrack that give different perspectives of the race, the first video also showing Webb's frustration after the fall.

View from Finish Line

View from spot of the Fall

View from back stretch

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Updated on May 18, 2012, 10:25pm

29 comments

Anonymous Coward 4 months ago

Webb stopped, dropped and rolled simply put.

Anonymous Coward 4 months ago

"Stop bashing him Kyle and get back to your girlfriend in Oregon that you left Cali for"

looks like somebody has a little crush on kyle......meow.................?
It isn't the fall that is funny though.....it is the scream at the end and the crowd gets silent hahaha

Slowbro 4 months ago

Even if he is out of shape, I don't think it'll take him more than 5 months to get to a fitness level that he's reached in the past. He's probably still working on fundamental fitness, and is racing simply to train his mindset so that he doesn't race poorly when people pressure him. I hear he's had problems with that in the past since people expect so much out of him after his 3:53 high school mile.

slowpoke 4 months ago

Actually, he is coming back. He's coming back from just getting married. He's overweight and out of shape. That's what marriage can do to you. Really, no disrespect. It's obvious he's not his old self, but I think he still has it in him to get back to where he was. With time. Unfortunately, as far as the Olympics go, time is not on his side.

Anonymous Coward 4 months ago

After watching that outburst at the finish I kind of feel bad for the guy too - he must just be in hell right now.

Dan Knewitz 4 months ago

nice webb, racing against ok collegiate runners to get some confidence back and faking a fall to not get your a$$ whooped. Webb's days ended the day he graduated high school

Ignorance is bliss. Are you familiar with Webb's 2007 which included an American Record in the mile? The guy deserves respect for what he has done for American running. He would be a fool to take the advice of a bunch of internet trolls who's mile PRs are north of 4:20.

Anonymous Coward 4 months ago

Stop bashing him Kyle and get back to your girlfriend in Oregon that you left Cali for

Kyle Edwards 4 months ago

800 m: 1:43.84
1500 m: 3:30.54
1 Mile: 3:46.91NR
3000 m: 7:39.28
5000 m: 13:10.86
10000 m: 27:34.72

I hope he gets back to form and is able to give all you the middle finger. He's only 29...

90% percent of those were done when it didn't matter
I like how he can run these but can't even qualify for the olympic team, i feel like thats where the true runners come out and webb "falls" short everytime

Kyle Edwards 4 months ago

nice webb, racing against ok collegiate runners to get some confidence back and faking a fall to not get your a$$ whooped. Webb's days ended the day he graduated high school

All of you bashing on Webb: 4 months ago

More importantly, he's living his dream and getting paid to do it.

All of you bashing on Webb: 4 months ago

800 m: 1:43.84
1500 m: 3:30.54
1 Mile: 3:46.91NR
3000 m: 7:39.28
5000 m: 13:10.86
10000 m: 27:34.72

I hope he gets back to form and is able to give all you the middle finger. He's only 29...

Joel Genter 4 months ago

I don't see any exageration in the fall. When you're going that fall and your leg doesn't come up when it should, you're in trouble. I feel soo bad for him. God bless him.

Harrison Holtz 4 months ago

Man, pretty tough to watch. Growing up he was THE american runner, and not just in the mile. His 1:43 was world class, and he ran 13:10 before we had all these americans running well at 5000. Reading a book now called sub 4:00 about him, and its almost sad reading about his triple at the high school state meet that he capped in a 1:49, and comparing it to where he is now. Really hope he can get it back together, an outstanding runner and a role model for so many people my age who grew up wanting to run like him. Hopefully he can find it again, but i've got to think at this point he's battling his mind just as much as his body. Not easy going out and running 1:55 when you used to be a 1:43 guy, but i give him credit for keeping at it. Cheering for a break through, hopefully we get to see it.

Anonymous Coward 4 months ago

No offense, but that was kind of an exagerrated fall.....

lulz 4 months ago

I love this guy saying that he's works so hard to get where he is. Please the American record holder in the mile should be able to muster up something better than a 1:55 and 1:59 in practice. Call it a career Alan, before you embarrass yourself even more.

Dave 4 months ago

Love the passion. People frown upon the yelling but he knows he can do better. Sometimes you just have to let it out. He'll be back competing. I have confidence. Great athlete

Anonymous Coward 4 months ago

Yeah, he's only been back for like 2 or 3 years, give him some more time

wow 4 months ago

It is really hard to believe some of these comments. I can't believe someone would actually say Alan Webb should end his career, I really doubt they even realize what they are saying. He has just come back, give him a break how else do you expect him to get back into the groove.

Steve 4 months ago

Alan Webb is a real athletics hero. Any idea how hard he works to get to where he is? Show respect.

NotaWebbfan 4 months ago

Sometimes guys just need to hang up their spikes and call it a career.

Anonymous Coward 4 months ago

He suing clip anything. He saw Empty's back stride. Ex-pros don't not notice things like this. He tripped over himself

so. 4 months ago

is Alan Webb coming off an injury?

Anonymous Coward 4 months ago

Wow, what a douche

conebone69 4 months ago

why is Alan Webb running these races? Is he, Alan Webb, the American record holder in the mile, only capable of running around 1:55 and 1:59 (with a fall) now??