Crashes, cramps and accusations run rampant during heated Olympic track and field qualifying session
Pushing and shoving and crashes on the track
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Pushing and shoving in one race on the track. A cameraman walking into the action in another. Leg cramps and untimely misses in the field.
The often-routine qualifying rounds at Olympic track and field took some strange turns Wednesday with a four-man pileup in one men’s 5,000-meter heat, a cameraman who walked into the other and drama in the high jump that left the defending co-champions in dire straits.
The biggest crash came in the first of two men's 5,000 heats when Britain's George Mills and France's Hugo Hay traded elbows, triggering a pileup involving Mills and three others who came crashing down like dominoes.
After the race, Mills shoved his finger in Hay's face and Hay, who stayed upright despite the earlier contact, pushed Mills.
