The sporting world was dismayed by the disqualification of a hurdler from a World athletics Championships final for starting too soon after the gun was fired. Allen, an Olympic athlete who was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as a wide receiver earlier this year, appeared to start with his competitors in the men's 110m hurdle final on Sunday. They were called back as they approached the first hurdle. Allen had begun 0.099 seconds after the gun. An athlete is disqualified for false starting if they start within 0.1 seconds of the gun firing. Allen had false start by a thousandth of a second. According to Fox Sports, Allen wanted to compete. He was ejected from the track. He was about to start his football career.
The Olympics will take place on July 18, 2022.
Fans and commentators called for a change in the rule after the decision.
Another time to question if one tenth of a second should be considered the cut-off for false starts. When.108 and.109 were legal reaction times, it was especially important. It is close to. 100. Nobody can react to a gun faster than. 100.
Cunningham finished second in the race. The first person to come in was from the U.S.
Steve Magness is a performance coach and author.
Allen said he was surprised when he was flagged. I knew for a fact that I didn't react until I heard the gun. It kind of sucks to be 1 1000 too quick.
The U.S athletes took the top two spots.
He tagged the two boys and said it was a great job. I'm in the hurdles. The United States is back on top.
World athletics did not respond to a request for comment.
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