Seems like the US team strategy is go to the back and don’t give yourself a chance. Feels like we’ve gone back 20 years. At least Rooks will stick his nose in it.
Kenya will certainly protest. You can't shove someone off the track like that before a barrier. Wicked close by him though to almost make it anyways.
Yeah, I thought it was just some sort of running error by him, but the replay clearly showed the shove. I wondered whether there was some "tough luck" rule in the Olympics (don't know why there would be, but I'm not expert on the rules); if not, that seems like a clear appeal that could get him through.
He gets dq’d for that right? You can’t run back around and then put your hand on the barrier.
From World Athletics
23.7 Each athlete shall go over or through the water and shall go over each hurdle. Failure to do so will result in a disqualification. In addition, an athlete shall be disqualified, if 23.7.1 they step to one side or other of the water jump, or 23.7.2 their foot or leg is, at the instant of clearance, beside the hurdle (on either side), below the horizontal plane of the top of any hurdle. Provided this Rule is observed, an athlete may go over each hurdle in any manner.
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