– Almost on the outside with the leg, said news commentator Jann Post immediately when Karsten Warholm forced the second hurdle in Monday’s 400 meter hurdle race. Afterwards came the replay where it could look as if Warholm’s left foot passed on the outside of the fence and without the foot being high enough. Finnish Antti Pihlakoski was part of the jury on Monday. He explains the course of events as follows: – Someone saw that there might be a problem with Warholm’s hedge pass. The US requested it. They came to see the official video. The official video was satisfactory for the US, so they did not file a protest, he says to news. EXPLANATOR: Antti Pihlakoski. Photo: Anders Engeland/news USA got two runners to the final in Rai Benjamin and Trevor Bassitt. Their third runner, CJ Allen, regardless of a Warholm counter, would not have made it to the finals. But Benjamin, along with Alison dos Santos and Warholm, are the three big performers at the rehearsal. With a counter, Benjamin could have had one less rival in the fight for the gold. See the situation here: Karsten Warholm hit his knee with hurdle number two in the semi-final. Italy protest came over an hour late However, the drama was not over there. For Italy, whose runner Alessandro Sibilio was four hundredths from a World Cup final, lodged a protest, as discussed on Monday evening. – Later, new information came from unofficial sources. Italy lodged a protest, but it came too late. It must arrive within 30 minutes of the results being available. It arrived over an hour late. The jury never talked about it, because the protest came too late, says Pihlakoski. – The Italian team, which came up with the protest, got to see the official video. Then they said: “Okay, we understand why you have not accepted the protest”, claims the Finn. FASTEST: Warholm was fastest of all in Monday’s semi-finals. Photo: Beate Oma Dahle / NTB – The angle is not the right He explains that the angle of the images shown on the TV broadcast was not good enough to give a correct answer. – The angle is not the right one. You have to see it either from the front or from above. When you have those videos, you see that there are moments where it looks like it’s not a right way to go over the hedge, but it was a right pass, he says. International judge, Terje Hoffmann, explains the regulations surrounding hurdle passing as follows: – It is allowed to pass with one of the legs outside the hurdle, but it must be at least the same height as the hurdle at the moment of passing. One picture says nothing. At the WC there are lots of pictures and video recordings, it gives a different perspective. – It is difficult to see with the naked eye. A film recording gives a better picture, he explains.
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