They give everything for me out there.
I had my little cry on the side of the track.
If you talk about reacting to results as grief, I had my grieving moment.
Out on the track, I was a little bit numb; Im still a bit numb.
I am pretty shattered, to be honest.
If Im frank about it, we went in with the aim of winning gold.
Athletics Australia said they would protest the ruling, butofficialsstated there were no grounds to do so.
Yassine Ouhdadi El Ataby from Spain and Aleksandr Kostin from Russia took home the gold andsilver medals, respectively.
Im absolutely devastated that we made such a critical mistake out there today.
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I felt good.
Rules need a review, imho.
Just an interesting (and devastating for the athlete in this case) scenario.
I thought rules were meant to prevent any injustice.
What he did gave him 0 advantage over the others, another person commented.
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Its definitely not a little-known rule!!
a separate netizen said.
He let go of his tether as a professional athlete who is not a novice should have known better.
Thats hard, but rules are rules!
Really sorry for him, somebody else wrote.
Clifford, who crossed the finish line in 16:12.45, was the onlyrunnerin the event to use guides.
Throughout his career, Clifford hascompetedboth with and without guides.
When I have a guide it means I can focus on the running.
The pros usually outweigh the cons, he added.
Two guides mean they should be fresher.
Today, on the last lap, was probably a day where the guiding was a con.
But these boys are my best mates.
As a child, he aspired to play in the Australian Football League.
I decided running could be a sport where I didnt have to focus on a ball.
Its cliche, but I feel free when I run.
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