UTrinidad and Tobago was happy this morning, when it was thought that Jereem Richards won Silver at the Men’s 200M at the Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast Australia. In a stunning turn of events, Zharnel Hughes of England was quickly disqualified as it was clear on the full frontal replay that Jereem Richards did not just stumble – he actually came in contact with Hughes’ arm. The officials considered it an impediment to Richards who was making a surge to the finish line. He was given Gold once Hughes was disqualified.

Team Trinidad and Tobago did not even have a chance to lodge a protest as the officials decided that Hughes was in the wrong and quickly changed their initial decision.

The final standings are:

Jereem Richards, Trinidad and Tobago – 20.12 GOLD

Aaron Brown, Canada – 20.34 SILVER

Leon Reid, Northern Ireland – 20.55 BRONZE

It is expected that England will lodge a protest. Therefore the medal ceremony will take place tomorrow.

As more details come to light we will update. (** Update the English appeal was rejected, Hughes is disqualified. See below the tweet from the English Team.)

You can see the moment of impact below.

A post shared by My Trini Lime (@mytrinilime) on Apr 12, 2018 at 3:00pm PDT

IAAF Rule 163.2 was quoted as the reason why Hughes was disqualified

If an athlete is jostled or obstructed during an event so as to

impede his progress:

(a) if the jostling or obstruction is considered unintentional or is

caused otherwise than by an athlete, the Referee may, if he is of

the opinion that an athlete (or his team) was seriously affected,

order that the race be re-held or allow the affected athlete (or

team) to compete in a subsequent round of the event;

(b) if another athlete is found responsible for the jostling or

obstruction by the Referee, such athlete (or his team) shall be

liable to disqualification from that event. The Referee may, if he

is of the opinion that an athlete was seriously affected, order

that the race be re-held excluding any disqualified athlete or

allow the affected athlete (or team) (other than any disqualified

athlete or team) to compete in a subsequent round of the event. In both cases (a) and (b), such athlete (or team) should normally

have completed the event with bona fide effort.

Commonwealth Games 200M Men Results PDF

The full race is shown below!

Via Twitter at 9:31 am Team England confirmed that their appeal was unsuccessful.

We can confirm that our appeal has been unsuccessful and Zharnel Hughes has officially been disqualified. https://t.co/0SFVczKzKx — Team England (@TeamEngland) April 12, 2018





