From a grimace to a grin, Trayvon Bromell was resigned to his fate at Saturday’s Diamond League: a false start in the men’s 100m prevented the American from racing in Birmingham.
A long-haul flight for a 10-second race and the obsolete one-and-done rule rendered his trip a total waste of time. Shock and disappointment quickly spread around the newly-opened Alexander Stadium, with Great Britain’s Zharnel Hughes, who suffered the same fate in Tokyo last year, quickly following Bromell back to the changing rooms.
