Clara Adams from the United States was rejected due to its ventilation.
Olympic winner Maurice Greene supports the rejected Clara Adams. Picture of Sydney Olympics 2000. Aop
16-year-old Clara Adams arrived as a winner in the United States in the inter -high school championship 400 meters. After his finish, Adams took a fire extinguisher from his father and turned his “fire” in the spike.
The act was considered an unsportsman and Adams’ performance was rejected and was not allowed to take part in other trips in the championship.
– I told Clara that you were on fire. He did not ventilate in front of his opponents and behaved disrespectfully, said an unbelievable Adams coach David Adams According to The Mercury News.
– The audience got wild, they loved it. But those few guys in their costume jackets didn’t like it and made the decision based on their feelings, Dad roared the local TV channel by.
The runner himself was amazed by the officials.
– They screamed at me and said, “We won’t get you to the prize ball.” They deprived me of me, Adams said.
Watch a video of running from here.
Familiar ventilation
Ventilation with a fire extinguisher has been seen before. From a former sprint runner, at the Sydney Olympics, from the winning double gold From Maurice Greene A similar ventilation was seen in 2004.
At the time as if his spike had gone on fire Because of the high speed.
Greene supports Adams and considers the discount decision unfair.
“I think he should be returned to the winner,” Greene said.
The 50-year-old ex-sprinter won gold in Sydney in 100 meters and in the US quick message team
16-year-old Adams is one of the promising future athletics stars. In the finals, after which he occurs, he clocked 53.24 in the track round.
By comparison, Finland’s top score for this season in the women’s series is Riga Tirkkonen In the name 56.64.