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.
This comes a day after Ghana’s 4x100m men’s relay team was also disqualified despite not making the final in their heat.
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