U.S. Track & field legend Michael Johnson (MJGold) said he was “attacked” and “accused of racism” after questioning the quickness of the times in the women’s 100m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships
United States legendary sprinter Michael Johnson said he was “attacked” and “accused of racism” after questioning the quickness of the times in the women’s 100-meter hurdles at the World Athletics Championships.
The backlash directed at Johnson began after the event’s semi-final on Sunday afternoon, when Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan stunned the field and the crowd in Eugene, Ore. by winning her heat with a time of 12.12 seconds and setting a new world record in the process. Amusan smashed the previous record by 0.08 seconds and led the rest of the particularly fast field into the finals.
However, Johnson was immediately skeptical of the times posted in the semifinals of the event. He pointed out that half of the 24 semifinalists recorded personal bests and that Great Britain’s Cindy Sember admitted after setting the British national record that she thought she was running much slower.. “World record broken by .08! 12 PBs set. 5 National records set. And Cindy Sember quote after her PB/NR ‘I throughly I was running slow!’ All athletes looked shocked.
“Heat 2 we were first shown winning time of 12.53. Few seconds later it shows 12.43. Rounding down by .01 is normal. .10 is not.”
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