Williamson will hope to reclaim gold on Sunday
British sprinter Simeon Williamson must rerun the 100m final at the World Student Games in Bangkok, despite seemingly winning gold on Saturday.
The Londoner, the European Under-23 champion over the distance, won Saturday’s race in 10.28 seconds to claim Britain’s only win in Bangkok.
But officials later decided that the race was not fairly run because of a timing malfunction.
The race will be staged again at 1100 BST on Sunday at the National Stadium.
Williamson, a student at Middlesex University, had opted to compete in Bangkok rather than at the World Championships in Osaka.
When I first saw the result yesterday I noticed Sim’s reaction time was 0.099, and was surprised as I figured that would have automatically been called back. I guess this must be the reason for the rerun. Interesting to see what happens as it must be hard to get yourself up for something like this physically and mentally in these circumstances. Thoughts???
Simeon bettered his performance to win in 10.22 into -0.9 in the re-run. Fair play to him, an impressive performance to get yourself up to produncing a better performance undert hose circumstances.
Britain’s Simeon Williamson reclaimed the 100m gold medal at the World Student Games - 24 hours after having it taken away from him in Bangkok.
The Londoner won Saturday’s first race in 10.28 seconds but officials later decided the race was run unfairly because of a timing malfunction.
They ordered a rerun on Sunday but European U23 champion Williamson won it again in a faster time of 10.22seconds.
China’s Zhang Peimeng took silver and Canadian Neville Wright the bronze.
Williamson was stunned after the first race when the Chinese and Ukrainian teams claimed timing sheets showed he had left the blocks .0001 seconds early.
But while China’s Zhang crossed in 10:30 on Sunday, Williamson actually increased his winning margin to 0.08 of a second.
Sunday’s race was run in pouring rain at a near-empty stadium. And after crossing the line Williamson put his index finger over his mouth in a mocking attempt to silence his opponents.
In front of a dozen cheering British fans, Williamson again grabbed a Union Flag - as he had the previous day - and completed a lap of honour.