Hurdler Robles loses gold

DAEGU – Cuban hurdler Dayron Robles was stripped of gold and glory at the IAAF World Athletics Championships yesterday in a twist every bit as dramatic as Usain Bolt’s disqualification from the blue riband 100 metres sprint the night before.
The muscular world record-holder was disqualified after a physical track tussle in the 110 metres hurdles final with China’s Liu Xiang.
Robles bumped Liu in an epic race between the three fastest hurdlers of all time – America’s David Oliver finished fifth – and crossed the line first ahead of Jason Richardson.
The Chinese protested, however, and Richardson was awarded gold by the referee. A Cuban counter-appeal was rejected by a jury, and Richardson held on to gold with Liu winning silver and Britain’s Andy Turner lifted to bronze. (Reuters)
 
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