= “articlemeta-left”> Updated 14th August 2014 23:14 clock

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Zurich (AFP) – The 3000 m steeplechase at the European Athletics Championships in Zurich is ended in a farce. The French winner Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad was later disqualified because he had already torn down the stretch the shirt from his body and had gone shirtless jubilantly to the finish. The opposition of the French Association against the decision was rejected

The two-time Olympic silver medalist Mekhissi-Benabbad had originally. 8: 25.30 minutes ahead of his compatriot Yann Kowal (8: 26,66) and the Poland Krystian Zalewski (8: 27,11) enforced and supposedly won his third European title in series. In the sense of certain victory were then but 50 m gone through the horse with him before the finish. New Third, the Spaniard Ángel Mullera whose association had also lodged a protest.

The German champions Steffen Uliczka (Kronshagen / Kiel) and the DM-Second Martin Grey (Hoechstadt / Aisch) that clearly at the Medals ‘ve walked past so were advancing a place. Uliczka thus came in 8: 32.99 minutes in seventh place, gray number 13 (8: 45,70).