Karsten Warholm is not disqualified from the 400m hurdles final, even though he was suspected of breaking the rules. Warholm gets to compete for the world championship on Wednesday evening.
Athletics World Championships 19.8.–27.8. Ylen channels. See the schedule and broadcast information of the games at this link.
Norwegian superstar Karsten Warholm not disqualified from the men’s 400m hurdles final. Among other things, they reported on the matter L’Équipe, Gazzetta dello Sport and La Rebublica.
According to media reports, Italy’s appeal has been rejected. On Monday night, Italy protested Warholm’s performance after the deadline and appealed for new evidence.
The Italian federation and also many experts considered, based on the videos, that Warholm’s inside leg went outside the fence in the semi-final.
Warholm won the semi-final with a time of 47.09.
– Based on the screenshot I’ve seen of the situation, there isn’t much room for posturing. Unfortunately, it seems that the inside leg crosses the fence from the side, and not even from the height of the fence, ‘s MM chat expert guest Oskari Mörö comment.
If Warholm had been rejected, he might have been replaced by Italy Alessandro Sibilio.
The tense situation can be seen in the following video.
Finnish Sports Federation’s competition manager and rules expert Mika Muukka on the other hand stated that the foot can go outside the fence, but not below the fence line.
Tokyo Olympic champion Warholm will face some tough names on Wednesday night, as, among others, Eugene’s world champion Alison dos Santos and the silver medalist of the United States Ray Benjamin are stepping on the starting line.