Martyn Rooney looks to London after Rio 4x400m DQ

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Martyn Rooney says that the British 4x400m relay team will use disqualification in their Rio Olympics heat as motivation ahead of next year’s IAAF World Championships.

The quartet of Nigel Levine, Delano Williams, Matthew Hudson-Smith and Rooney combined to clock 2:58.88 ahead of Belgium, Bahamas, Cuba and Brazil but were disqualified a short while later. The controversial decision meant Brazil secured a place in the final.

The reason for the disqualification was not confirmed until quite some time later, when British Athletics announced that GB had been penalised for Matthew Hudson-Smith being marginally outside the exchange zone as he was about to begin the third leg.

An appeal …

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