The race leader "ends" a U-turn at the start of a bizarre mistake at the Anniversary Games



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The premise of track events in athletics is quite simple – race up to the finish line.

But during the 3000m race at the Anniversary Games at the London Stadium, Ethiopian middle distance runner Fantu Worku forgot the golden rule

Former junior silver medalist in Africa 1500m Worku was leading the event and was starting to take an even bigger lead with 200m to go in the Diamond League.

But instead of leaving her rivals behind her, Worku slowed down and stopped, leaving the eventual winner Lilian Kasait Rengeruk, and the rest of the pack, to pbad in front of her.



Worku builds a comfortable lead at the Anniversary Games


Worku gets up 200m from the end

She was left puzzled and blushing when she was forced to save a DNF

And the odd moment has confused sprint legend Michael Johnson and former British heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill in the BBC studio.

very bizarre, I have never seen "Before that," said Johnson Johnson.

"A U-turn, that's the key." Sometimes you see an athlete misjudging the number of turns, but as soon as she has reached the 200-meter mark, she l?



Worku is left to DNF while the rest of the pack pbades in front of her
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