Nigeria’s men’s 4x400m team disqualified despite finishing 2nd
The quartet of Emmanuel Ojeli, Ezekiel Nathanial, Dubem Amene and Chidi Okezie ran a season’s best time of 2:59.81 seconds to book a place in the final.
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Nigeria’s 4×400 men’s relay team has been disqualified despite finishing second behind France in their semi-final event.
The quartet of Emmanuel Ojeli, Ezekiel Nathanial, Dubem Amene and Chidi Okezie ran a season’s best time of 2:59.81 seconds to book a place in the final.
The West Africans were, however, adjudged by officials to have violated the line-crossing rule.
They were, therefore, disqualified from the finals.
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This comes a day after Ghana’s 4x100m men’s relay team was also disqualified despite not making the final in their heat.
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By Friday’s decision, Belgium will now take second position while South Africa step up to third place and make the finals on Saturday.
Source:onuaonline.com
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