Marathon-Tula general manager Alexander Egorov told that the referee’s mistake cost the Tula runners victory in the Russian Championship in St. Petersburg.
The Moscow team won, while the awards took place a little later due to discussions with the final race judges.
– There was a false start, the judge did not see it right away, the result was announced when the athletes were on the track and the video was being viewed. In the event that the result is announced, it is no longer possible to dispute it, we have not been authorized to re-run. This mistake cost us Russian championship gold, Yegorov told .
Source : MatchTV
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