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Between the last two hurdles, Robles' right arm backswing caught Liu's oncoming left arm. Liu hit the tenth hurdle, with a second arm collision with Robles, slowing Liu enough to finish in third. Robles crossed the finish line first, but after the race, the Chinese team protested and Robles was disqualified under IAAF Rule 163.2 for obstruction ...
Dayron Robles (born 19 November 1986) is a Cuban track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metre hurdles. He won his first major medal (a silver) in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2006 World Indoor Championships .
On 9 August, b-girl Manizha Talash, representing the Refugee Olympic Team, was disqualified from breaking because she wore a cape with the words "Free Afghan Women" on it in the pre-qualifier round. This was ruled a violation of rule 50 of the Olympic Charter , which prohibits political messages or protests on the field of play at the Olympics.
The Cuban regime’s denial of a travel permit to dissident Martha Beatriz Roque ought to give pause to American, Canadian, British and Australian women who visit the oppressive island for fun ...
The top female finisher at a Missouri marathon last weekend has been disqualified for cheating. Kendall Schler was the first woman to cross the finish line of the Go! St. Louis Marathon on Sunday ...
Tina Basich, Dave Grohl's girlfriend of two years in the late '90s, accused the rocker of cheating on her in her 2003 memoir.
In the women's 3000 meters, American Mary Decker and South African Zola Budd (representing Great Britain) infamously collided, leaving Decker injured and unable to continue. Budd was initially disqualified from her 7th place finish but was later reinstated. [75] One third of the United States cycling team was found to have received blood doping ...
In a 2012 New York Post article, a New York City Marathon official calculated that "each year an average of 30 to 40 are disqualified" from the marathon. [10] In 2014, Runner's World reported that the apparent women's winner of the Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon was disqualified after her splits indicated she had not run the entire race. She ...