ATHLETICS Namibia has launched “an investigation” into Paulus Daniel’s 5 000m ‘nationwide document’ set on the Grand Prix Leg 2 on Saturday.
The nationwide regulatory physique is unsure whether or not his time of 13 minutes and 9,62 seconds was for the 5 000m distance or a lap much less.
Simon Paulus, who completed second to Daniel in 13:37.85, additionally beat the earlier nationwide document mark of 13:46.91 set by the legendary Luketz Swartbooi in Fullerton, United States of America, on 12 March 1994.“An investigation is at the moment underway and upon completion of the investigation, the EB (government board), as mandated, will perform due diligence via the nationwide document ratification course of and can inform all stakeholders on the findings of the investigation,” Athletics Namibia president Erwin Naimhwaka mentioned in assertion.
It’s unclear whether or not the monitor officers on the Independence Stadium didn’t maintain depend of the 12-and-a-half laps race or if the problem is with the timekeepers.
Paulus’ earlier greatest time on the distance is 13:53.12, which he set on the Commonwealth Video games final yr.
“It was introduced that the outcomes of the 5 000m males’s recorded on the Athletics Namibia Grand Prix Leg 2 got here via as a brand new nationwide document.
Upon announcement of the outcomes, a number of individuals got here forth alleging that the race could have been a lap brief,” Naimhwaka defined.
“The chief board of Athletics Namibia hereby informs all of the stakeholders of Athletics Namibia – athletes, companions and the nation at massive – that as a part of the document ratification course of, the manager board of Athletics Namibia will make all the required verifications to find out the validity and standing of the lads’s 5 000m end result. This course of will decide whether or not the end result can stand as a nationwide document,” mentioned Naimhwaka.
“The chief board of Athletics Namibia needs to guarantee that solely legit and verifiable data might be acknowledged and ratified as nationwide data.”
The 5 000m was not the one occasion to trigger a stir, with the 400m hurdlers additionally complaining concerning the uneven obstacles after their race.
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