{"id":61858,"date":"2021-04-13T07:22:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T07:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=61858"},"modified":"2021-04-13T07:22:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T07:22:19","slug":"officials-blunder-as-steeple-chaser-denied-better-timing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/officials-blunder-as-steeple-chaser-denied-better-timing\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials blunder as steeple chaser denied better timing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; color: #000080;\">Officials blunder as steeple chaser denied better timing<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61859 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Nilani-Ratnayake.jpg\" alt=\"Nilani Ratnayake\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">Nilani Ratnayake performs at her pet event<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800080;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sundayobserver.lk\/2021\/04\/11\/sports\/officials-blunder-steeple-chaser-denied-better-timing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sundayobserver<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Blundering officials at the national athletic trials will reduce the chances of steeple chaser Nilani Ratnayake\u2019s qualification rankings to the Tokyo Olympics Games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Ratnayake will be vying to qualify in the women\u2019s 3000m steeplechase event and currently stands as the 35th in the list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">World athletics will select the top 45 runners for this event to the Olympics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Her performance was hampered as the officials had mistakenly raised the height of the five steeples that has to be cleared during one round.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The blunder certainly denied Ratnayake of achieving a better timing as she had to go over these steeples 45 times during the seven and a half rounds that has to be completed to cover the distance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Her coach has lodged a strong protest over the incident and will be expecting a quick solution to this injustice, the Sunday Observer learns. 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