The French Athletics Federation filed a protest against Fincham-Duke’s longest jump of 8.06 meters. It was judged valid in the competition, but invalid by the jury afterwards. Frenchman Jules Pommery – who also jumped 8.06 meters – moved up to bronze. The Briton’s second longest jump of 7.97 meters gave him 5th place. On Wednesday morning, he published an emotional post on Twitter: “Nothing can really be said about yesterday. For a short time I was a silver winner in the EC, but as a result of a protest I was unfortunately pushed back to 5th place. I think what hurts the most is that I got to enjoy the wink and do the victory lap, only to be robbed of that joy”. CELEBRATE WITH SWEDES: James Fincham-Dukes celebrated together with Thobias Montler while they both still had a valid result of 8.06 metres. Photo: MATHIAS BERGELD / BILDBYRÅN The reactions to how the competition was decided afterwards have been strong: – They should share the bronze medal, because this is nonsense, wrote gold medalist Miltiadis Tentoglou in a post on the Instagram account “jumpar’s world”. Guttormsen: – Madness Norway’s pole vaulter Sondre Guttormsen has also thrown himself into the same thread: – It is madness to cancel a jump after the entire competition is over! He jumped 8.06 meters in the first jump and probably knew he was destined for a medal. It would be a completely different competition if they reported death immediately. NORWEGIAN EURO HOPE: Sondre Guttormsen took part in the pole vault. He skips qualifying on Thursday. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB – I thought the new camera rules would eliminate problems like this? A total of three jumpers achieved 8.06 before Fincham-Duke’s attempt failed. In addition to the Briton, Swedes Thobias Montler and Pommery achieved the same length. The order was thus determined based on the second best jump. – It’s boring for him. As an athlete, I find it tough. If there was any doubt, it should have been taken at once. It’s boring that he has to go celebrate a medal and then get tired, says Henrik Flåtnes to news. IMPRESSED: Henrik Flåtne’s effort in the European Championship final added flavor. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB The Norwegian is still in 6th place in the long final with a jump of 7.83 metres. Flåtnes clarifies that he wants it to be as fair as possible for the athletes. Ingar Bratseth-Kiplesund also took part in the final. Trønder still in 12th place after three invalid jumps. news expert: – It’s just sad Christina Vukicevic Demidov commented on the length competition for news. She believes that the result was correct in the end, but that the way it happened is sad. – We saw it was a debatable jump. On the ticket you can see that he is over the plank, but that will not be judged in the competition, says Vukicevic Demidov. news EXPERT: Christina Vukicevic Demidov comments on technical rehearsals for news. Photo: Anders SKjerdingstad / news She thinks it is difficult not to feel sorry for the British. – He thought that he had passed the jump, but then we see that on the exact jump the laser has not been triggered. This indicates a system failure. You usually get the answer right away, says the news expert. She also thinks Pommery is left with an aftertaste after taking the bronze, after they came as a result of the protest.
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