Óscar Husillos breaks silence after World Athletics Championship disqualification costs him his gold medal
Monday, March 5, 2018 @ 10:48 PM
SPAIN'S Óscar Husillos is 'gutted' after finding out midway through a live interview on national television that he had been disqualified from the World Athletics Championships, lost his gold medal, and that his new world record would not count.
The runner from Astudillo (Palencia province, Castilla y León) completed the 400-metres indoor race in 44.92 seconds, the fastest time ever seen in 30 years, and was in the middle of dedicating his gold medal to his friends, family and trainers on TVE when a 'special envoy' from the channel in Madrid notified the presenters of his disqualification.
He is said to have put part of his foot outside the track.
Exactly the same has happened to the Dominican Republic's Luguelín Santos, who was stripped of his silver just minutes after winning it.
Óscar's gold would have been a third medal for Spain in the world event in Birmingham, UK after the bronzes earned by Ana Peleteiro in the triple hurdles and Saúl Ordóñez in the 800 metres.
“From heaven to hell in seconds for the sake of a few centimetres,” Óscar, 24, wrote on Twitter, “and not without falling into a lake of tears first. A dream come true that vanished in smoke in minutes.
“But please know I won't fall in Berlin – my trainer and I will show what we're really worth.”
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