Updated 2024-08-10 01.02 | Published 2024-08-09 21.09
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PARIS. Yemisi Ogunleye threw 20 meters and won Olympic gold in the shot put.
Then she was singled out for cheating in Max’s studio.
– You are too bad at looking at the rules, says Carolina Klüft.
At the end of the shot put final, the Swedish television broadcast drew attention to the fact that several shot putters in the women’s final broke the rules.
The presenter Jonas Karlsson cited the rule that the shot putters must not actively push away and take a jab with their feet against the edge of the throwing ring.
– The rule says that you must not touch the ground, but there is an exception if you touch without pushing on the top of the outer ring or the ground beyond as long as it happens at the beginning of the rotation, says Karlsson.
Criticism from Klüft
Sitting in the studio was Carolina Klüft who noted that gold winner Yemisi Ogunleye pushed away with her foot – among other things in her gold shot.
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– You can see how the shoe almost folds and it feels like she is pushing off the edge, says Klüft.
She then continues:
– I think it’s clearly rejection, it shouldn’t be allowed.
Klüft criticizes the judges, who she says only keep track of possible overstepping.
– I think she (Yemisi Ogunleye) does it without thinking about it. I don’t think it’s a tactic because it’s been lame, I think it’s part of her push and no one has ever commented on it. You are too bad at looking at the rules, says Klüft.
The Swedes’ reaction
The Swedish participants in the shot put final were a bit away from the medals. Fanny Roos was seventh and Axelina Johansson finished tenth.
The Swedes were not particularly upset when Yemisi Ogunleye’s suspected knocks came up.
– I don’t think that … if the referee ruled that it was approved, it was calm, says Johansson after seeing a bump.
– I don’t know. Hard to see in those pictures. It wasn’t something I noticed, says Roos.
Maddison-Lee Wesche of New Zealand took silver.
– So that’s what we have to do. It’s perfectly legal and I do the same thing,” Wesche said of Ogunleye’s jabs.
