In one of the most bizarre incidents on Day 2 of the IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham on Friday, all five athletes competing in the heats of the 400m men’s event were disqualified because of lane transgressions, perhaps a first in the history of the event. However, he was the first to get disqualified as a false start shattered his journey on the tracks. The Grenada team did present a protest against the disqualification of Taplin but the jury rejected the appeal. Apart from the 400m men’s heats, the morning session also included 400m heats for women, 3000m heats for men, 60m heats for women and three heptathlon events for men and three pentathlon events for women. (The reporter is in Birmingham as part of the Young Reporter’s programme by AIPS in collaboration with the IAAF)

Source: Hindustan Times March 02, 2018 16:41 UTC