French Mekhissi-Benabbad took off his torso before he crossed the finish line for the European Championships gold medal in the 3000 meter steeplechase Thursday. That he should not have done.
The European Association of Athletics Federations has in fact clear rules for how clothing and numbering labels to be placed and look out at the start, during the race and at the finish.
The following not French Mekhissi-Benabbad, who led the superiority when he decided to take off his shirt and put it in his mouth before he ran the last part of 3000 is shirtless.
Afterwards he gave the following reason for his chose the solution
– I would be like Zlatan, he should have said after the race, according to Swedish Radio Sport journalist Bengt bulkhead.
– When I took off my shirt it was pure joy, the pleasure of winning. I knew I was going to get a warning, he continued, according to Aftonbladet.
Jersey Discarding led to protest from the Spanish EM-camp, who saw their chance to get Ángel Müllert up to medal , reports said.
It seems Broadcasting Corporation commentator January Post on my face.
– To tal Mekhissi-Benabbad I think is ridiculous. Do all non A4 sables down? Is the crisis with little show? If they have to react, give penance, he wrote on Twitter.
And Thursday night could Athletics EM’s press service reported that the Spaniards prevailed. Mekhissi-Benabbads teammate Yoann Kowal get gold, Polish Krystian Zalewski silver and bronze Müllert.
The French team has the opportunity to appeal the decision and have now done so.
– He is disqualified but we are going to appeal, confirming the French press Boss opposite Sport magazine.
It is not the first time the Frenchman steals the headlines for another sports team their performance.
When he won the European Championship gold two years ago, he passed away on mascot afterwards. A year earlier, in 2011, he found himself in a fight with his own teammate out on the running track.
(VG / NTB)
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