Asier Martínez, officially disqualified in the semifinals of the 60 hurdles
Euskaraz irakurri: Asier Martinez dekalifikatu egin dute, hezidun 60 meterko finalerdian
Asier Martínez was disqualified for a null start in the semifinals of the 60 meter hurdles at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow (Scotland), after the official resolution of the judges to the appeal presented by the Spanish team, dissatisfied with the initial decision.
The Navarrese athlete, who according to the judges had a null start, He ran under protest and had a perfect race winning his semi-final, although his mark was not officially published or recognized due to disqualification, at that time provisional.
The Spanish team, dissatisfied with the resolution, filed an appeal considering that the invalid start belonged to another athletespecifically the Cypriot Milan Trajkovic, and, after watching the video and deliberating for almost an hour, they maintained their position of disqualification.
The judges considered that the movements of the other streets were not enough to distract Asier and They based their resolution exclusively on reaction time of 0.093, as reported by the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation.
Source: Eitb
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