Men's 100m sprint final | 全國運動場館資訊

ByTelegraphSport26July2021•9:27am.Men's100msprintfinal,TokyoOlympics20202021:whenwhattimeistherace.Whowilltakeoverthecrownfrom ...

Zharnel Hughes’s false start in the Olympic 100 metres final capped a dismal day for Britain’s athletes in Tokyo as the prospect of medals continued to drift worryingly away.

The day after Dina Asher-Smith was forced to pull out of the 200m when a hamstring tear caused her to crash out of the 100m, Hughes had high hopes of restoring Britain’s sprinting pride.

He won his semi-final in 9.98 seconds, but then jumped the gun in the final and was disqualified. He had done the same in the British Championships final at the end of June – the first time he had false-started in his career – but he insisted the incidents were unrelated and that cramp was to blame for his latest error.

“I’m really heartbroken right now,” he said. “Sadly, my left leg cramped up when I went on my set position. It was so severe that I just couldn’t stay in my blocks. I tried but it was too severe to stay there, and I ended up moving. It hurts a lot to make it ...