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Former American way and tract prima Maurice Greene spoke retired connected Monday arsenic California precocious schoolhouse officials disqualified a rising sprint prima for performing the solemnisation helium made famous.
Sophomore Clara Adams, of North Salinas High School, finished successful 2nd spot successful the 400 prelims and came disconnected the starting enactment quickly successful the 400 finals and ran her mode to a first-place finish, oregon truthful she thought.
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Maurice Greene celebrates arsenic teammates spray his feet with a occurrence extinguisher aft winning the men's 100-meter contention with a clip of 9.86 during the Home Depot Invitational successful 2004. (Getty Images)
Adams celebrated with her begetter aft winning the race. She took a occurrence extinguisher from her begetter and sprayed her shoes with it, alluding to her being connected fire, the Monterey Herald reported.
Greene performed the occurrence extinguisher solemnisation aft helium won the 100-meter dash astatine the 2004 Home Depot Invitational. "When I heard, origin it happened, and past radical conscionable started calling maine ‘This miss who conscionable ran the 400 did your celebration’ I was similar huh? What?" helium told KSBW-TV connected Monday.
"If it was distant from everyone and not interfering with anyone, I would accidental reinstate her," the erstwhile Olympian said.
Sophomore Clara Adams of North Salinas High School initially won her contention but was disqualified for her celebration. (Lucas Boland-Imagn Images)
Adams’ father, David, said the solemnisation was done distant from immoderate of her opponents.
"I person video of it," helium told the Monterey Herald. "She was connected the different broadside of the wall. I told her to measurement disconnected the track. She did not spray her shoes connected the track. We person protested the decision. I consciousness it was racially motivated."
He explained further to KSBW-TV.
"When she blew the occurrence extinguisher, the opponents were gone," helium told the station. "That was our infinitesimal of celebration, and CIF officials made it astir them. The assemblage went crazy, they loved it, the CIF booth went crazy, they loved it. But those fewer guys successful those jackets took discourtesy to it, didn't similar it, and made a determination based disconnected emotions."
The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) upheld the determination to disqualify Clara Adams from the 400. She past learned she could not vie successful the 200 either.
Fox News Digital reached retired to the CIF for comment.
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In the aftermath of the incident, a petition was circulated to reinstate Adams’ win. It has received much than 1,700 signatures arsenic of Tuesday morning.
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Ryan Gaydos is simply a elder exertion for Fox News Digital.
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