Discussion on the intentionality of Robles’ foul against Liu Xiang

Discussion on the intentionality of Robles’ foul on Liu Xiang Regarding the issue of Robis's foul on Liu Xiang's thugs, the public and the media reached a broad consensus on the foul nature, and then...

I have a strong objection to this statement. After repeatedly watching the game video, http://www.youtube.com/v/3wfUTYhURTw, especially the close-up at 6 minutes, I personally think that if a percentage is given as to whether it was intentional, I think 80% of Robles did it on purpose. The reasons are stated as follows:

> 1. The first thug attempt failed. Please pay attention to the degree of opening of Robles's five fingers. Generally, only when a person is staggering, he will instinctively open his five fingers in the center to support himself on the ground in case of a fall. At that time, Robles did not stagger or be unstable at all, so this hand movement was extremely unusual.

2. Many people think the first one is not convincing enough. Let's look at the success of the second thug. Comparing the first attempt and the second success, we will find an even more unusual clue. A technically mature athlete's technical formation is formed through conditioned reflexes through thousands of mechanical movements, and is very stable. Comparing the height difference between the thug's swing arm for the first time and the third time, you will find that the difference between the two is very large. The second time is much higher than the first time. The camera is fixed, which provides us with an excellent height reference. This shows that after Robles failed to catch the fish the first time, he deliberately raised his arm to increase the chance of hitting it. And while hitting him for the second time, Robles began to obviously get closer to Liu Xiang.

3. Let’s look at it again. Based on the fact that the skills of mature athletes are very stable, the third hitter is even more unusual. If there is randomness in the height difference of the arms (although I don't really agree with it, or think that this randomness has been very small after thousands of times of intensive conditioned reflexes), then the hand movement of the beater turned from the spread of the five fingers to the shape of a fist for the third time, and there was an obvious tightening process in the forearm muscles. So at this time, Robles was already closer to Liu Xiang, thinking that there was no need to open his fingers to fish. At the same time, I personally think it is more likely that Robles found that the thug had little effect on his speed, and the finish line was in front of him, so he just clenched his fists and tightened his forearm muscles.

4. Looking back at the process of Robles approaching Liu Xiang, there is also this obvious intentionality. The approach is not due to center instability and is not uniform.

Based on the above 4 arguments, I think the intentionality should be around 80. If we want to restore the incident, it should be like this. Robles "passionately" decided to hit under the pressure of Liu Xiang's strong sprinting ability in the second half of the race. He opened his five fingers for the first time and failed to catch it. He raised the height of his swing arm and opened his five fingers for the second time. Finally, he succeeded in hitting. At the same time, he began to want Liu Xiang to get closer (the approach should be made at the same time as the decision to raise the height of his swing arm, both to increase the chance of hitting). The third time, Robles thought he was close enough to Liu Xiang, so he needed to open his fingers to fish again. At the same time, Robles found that the thug had little effect on his speed, and the finish line was in front of him, so he just clenched his fist, tightened his forearm muscles, and directly struck Liu Xiang's forearm with his forearm. In the end, he was afraid that his crime would be exposed, so he hugged him quickly, which was actually to cover up his crime. Liu Xiang's expression during the final sprint can accompany his line: WTF! Some rebuttals said, "If you do it on purpose, you really need to practice well beforehand, and the beater's rhythm must not be affected." For the first half of this statement, I think intentionality does not mean premeditation. Crimes of passion are also intentional, but not premeditated, just like Yao Jiaxin's passion killing 0.0. For the second half of the sentence, it is conceivable that the thug is well prepared for the inflicting party, so his rhythm will not make too big an impression, but for the victim, there is no psychological preparation at all, and the rhythm is easily disrupted.