UN INCIDENTE CON GELETE BURKA, ACABÓ CON LA ETÍOPE POR EL SUELO A FALTA DE 200 METROS. FINALMENTE LOS JUECES DE LA CARRERA HAN DECIDIDO DESCALIFICAR A LA ESPAÑOLA QUE SE QUEDA SIN LA MEDALLA DE ORO EN LOS 1.500 METROS.
NATALIA RODRIGUEZ GETS DISQUALIFIED FROM WOMEN'S 1500M (WC
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ATHLETICS 2009)
SPAIN'S NATALIA RODRIGUEZ WAS DISQUALIFIED AS THE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S 1500 METRES HERE ON SUNDAY LEAVING REIGNING WORLD CHAMPION MARYAM YUSUF JAMAL OF BAHRAIN TO RETAIN HER CROWN.
THE 30-YEAR-OLD natalia RODRIGUEZ WAS ADJUDGED TO HAVE PUSHED OVER ETHIOPIAN GELETE BURKA DOWN THE BACK STRAIGHT AND ALTHOUGH THE AFRICAN CRASHED TO THE GROUND, SHE PICKED HERSELF UP AND FINISHED THE RACE.
THE SPANISH TEAM DECIDED NOT TO PROTEST THE DECISION AFTER WATCHING A VIDEO REPLAY, ACCORDING TO AN IAAF SPOKESPERSON.
THE DISQUALIFICATION MEANS DEFENDING CHAMPION JAMAL RECEIVED THE GOLD HAVING CLOCKED 4MIN 03.74SECS WHILE GREAT BRITAIN'S LISA DOBRISKEY TOOK SILVER IN 4:03.75 AND SHANNON ROWBURY OF THE UNITED STATES GOT BRONZE HAVING CLOCKED 4:04.18.
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