Future Eagles wide receiver Devon Allen was DQ'd from Sunday night's 110-meter hurdles at the track and field world championships after leaping out of the blocks a mere one-thousandth of a second too early.
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Devon AllenAllen, who has the fastest time in the world in the 110-meter hurdles this year, was disqualified from Sunday night's final for a false start – leaping out of the blocks too quickly by only by one-thousandth of a second.
TV replays show the two men accelerating off the line almost simultaneously, but the electronic sensors in the starting blocks determined that Allen was about three-hundredths of a second quicker – and one-thousandth of a second faster than the minimum allowable reaction time.So he didn't actually jump the gun?
The rulebook allows this in some cases, but not if the false start was determined by the electronic sensors in the blocks, which detects the time at which force is applied by the runner. Allen only would've been allowed to stay in the competition if officials determined that"the information provided by the is obviously inaccurate."Runners used to be issued a warning after a false start, and allowed to try again.
Allen, who also played football in college, is now set to head to Eagles training camp, with hopes of making the team as a wide receiver. Legendary sprinter Michael Johnson, who won four Olympic gold medals, called the rule"antiquated" and"stupid."
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