BRITISH sprinter Jeremiah Azu was disqualified from the men’s 100m before his race had even started.
The 23-year-old left his block 0.073 seconds before the starting gun in a false start.
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Jeremiah Azu is disqualified from the men’s 100m race.Credit: PA
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He tried to protest against the decision, but the officials fired him
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The 23-year-old wanted to race as a sign of protest
He desperately tried to appeal the decision, but was dismissed by officials.
Speaking to BBC Sport after the incident, a devastated Azu said: “Honestly, I reacted to the sound.
“It’s a shame, the crowd is so excited. There’s a pole vault going on and the French fans are here.
“It’s a shame they didn’t let me run from the protest, I’m not sure what rule is being used.
“But they said I have to go back and appeal, so I’ll go through the process and see what happens.
“I said I wanted to run in protest. Any other race they let you run and then after you look at it, but I don’t know, it’s the Olympics so obviously the rules are different.
“So I’m just going to come back, try to get this protest done as quickly as possible so hopefully I can come back and get into the semis.”
Officials later rejected Azu’s appeal.
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Jamaican Kishane Thompson won the first run with a time of 10 seconds.
Benjamin Azamati and Reynaldo Espinosa also qualified from the group.
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Canadian Aaron Brown became the second sprinter to be disqualified when he suffered a false start in the final run.
The men’s 100m semi-final and final will be played on Sunday.
Azu is the fastest Welshman in history and was a big medal hope for Team GB going into the games.
He is also scheduled to compete in the men’s 4x100m relay next week.
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