‘Nothing I can do’ – Devon Allen reacts to controversial 110m hurdles disqualification at World Championship

Devon Allen expressed his frustration after being disqualified from the men’s 110m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships, and was surprised to see a red card in his lane. Allen's reaction time was marginally faster than the one-second allowance — a controversial decision which has sparked outrage. Ad/> «I know I'm a quick reactor.

That's why I was so surprised,” he said in quotes via PA. /> Athletics'I'm a quick reactor' — Allen upset at false start DQ by one thousandth of a second3 HOURS AGO “I know I didn't go before I heard the gun. Like I said, one one-thousandth, it's so close.

If it was five-tenths then ‘okay, yeah, Devon you suck’. »Initially, I didn't think I had false started, I thought they were just going to bring it back maybe because Grant goes into the set a little bit later than normal. “It was a quick gun so I thought he would have maybe gone into set still and they would have just brought it back.

That's why I was so surprised when they had a red card in my lane. Overall, it’s just frustrating. There's nothing really I can do.

“My family is here, I'll get to hang out with them and enjoy them. I've got about 10 days until training camp so I'll get ready for that." Fraser-Pryce storms to gold at worlds, 'upset' Asher-Smith takes fourth 'I didn't expect that!' — Asher-Smith storms into 100m semis with quickest time Grant Holloway of the USA won the race with a time of 13.03, repeating the success from his title in the 2019 World Championships. Allen earned an automatic qualification spot for the final after finishing second in his semi-final, which took place earlier in the day on Sunday.