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Had something similar to this on the track this spring. High school, 4x100 relay. Red team was flagged for exchanging the baton beyond the exchange on the third exchange. They crossed the finish line first, but were disqualified.
When the awards custodian went to hand the first place plaques to the anchor of the Blue team in the next lane, the young man said he didn't want them. He explained that when he started his acceleration in that exchange zone, he went out of his lane and interfered with the Red team which caused them to be beyond the exchange zone.
I understand that the young man later apologized to the Red team and their coach and gave the Red anchor his 1st place plaque. Unfortunately, I had to let the official results stand.
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