World champion sprinter Noah Lyles briefly thought he had obliterated Usain Bolt's 200 metres world record, only to be told he had started from the wrong line and had only run 185 metres.
An ambitious attempt to hold a high-tech athletics meeting with runners in different stadiums ran into problems when world champion Noah Lyles ran too short a distance in the 200 metres event.Noah Lyles was disqualified after starting from the wrong line and running only 185 metresThirty athletes competed in the coronavirus-affected event in seven stadiums across Europe and North America
But, after initial confusion, his official result read "shorter distance" and it appeared that the American had started from the wrong line. Swiss television said he had only run 185 metres. It prided itself on the use of high technology that allowed athletes, who were separated by thousands of kilometres, to compete against each other.
The starting guns were synchronised and the three runners in each track event shown on a split screen, although slightly different camera angles in the respective venues made it difficult to tell the leader until the finish line came into view.
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