Devon Allen was trying to lock up a hurdles world title before starting his NFL career, but he was shown the door at the start line of the final despite not leaving his blocks early.
Devon Allen did not jump before the starting gun in the final of the 110m hurdles at the world athletics championships, but he got disqualified for a false start anyway.
, which is the amount of time it takes for a runner's foot to leave the block after the gun goes off.Obviously, leaving the starting block before the gun goes off is not on, but the rules also say— the idea being that nobody could possibly react that quickly, and they have simply predicted when the gun would be fired instead of hearing it and then taking off.
Ultimately, though, rules are rules, and Allen went back underneath the stadium to watch countrymen Grant Holloway and Trey Cunningham win gold and silver respectively.What did Allen and others think of the disqualification?
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