Absent-minded cameraman nearly spoils world men’s steeplechase final

Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali ended Kenya’s reign in the 3,000m steeplechase at the World Athletics Championships on Monday – but not before a bizarre moment during the first lap when the 15-man field was forced to dodge a camera operator who was standing in the middle of the track with his back to the competitors.

All of the athletes parted en masse to successfully avoid the cameraman, whose back was turned to the oncoming traffic as he filmed the women’s triple jump.

“I was a little worried that he was going to dart one way or another, right at the last second,” Evan Jager of the United States said afterward. “But thankfully he didn’t realize we were there until we all passed him.”

What the…?!?! Lol my hat is off to ⁦@karagoucher⁩ for not losing her cool on the live broadcast when the cameraman… became the 29th barrier of the men’s steeple final!?