While 200 meter-sprint sensation Gout Gout Gout the newspaper heads made in Ostrava at his sizzling speed, fellow athlete Robinson stole the ‘show’ after a blunder during the 400 meters hurdles.
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The American, who is world champion on the 4×400 meter hurdles after he won a gold medal at the World Athletics Relays in May, wanted to add another title to his name in the Czech Republic on Tuesday.
Masculinity is in the way of Robinson
Robinson got out of the starting blocks and started gaining ground on his opponents before his masculinity started to get in the way.
The 24-year-old was constantly seen while he adjusted his shorts to remedy the problem.
Robinson hits Horde
He crashed into the last obstacle and even with just a few meters to go, he was still adjusting his pants before he made a forward final leap to win the event with a brilliant 48.05, given the test he had endured.
After that it got worse for Robinson, because his victory was of course repeated on TV and a close-up was broadcast from the front of the last 50 meters, in which his masculinity was clearly visible.
What did the commentators say about Robinson?
“That is a brilliant course of the American who constantly adjusts certain parts of his equipment and possibly adjusts his anatomy on the straight around that top bend,” said World Athletics commentator Tim Hutchings after the race.
“He hit that ninth obstacle. He had a” material defect “there. I think that is the most polow way to say it. There has been no time to censor them, but well done by Chris Robinson for fighting a problem that occasionally arises.”