Originally Posted by danielf

There was nothing wrong with him. He withdrew from the 800m in order to focus on the 1500m, but the algerians failed to put the paperwork through. He was then forced to run the 800m. So he started that race, but didn't finish it. He was then thrown out of the olympics for not putting in a bona fide performance, but reinstated upon production of a doctor's note. In other words, the iaaf are muppets, and they know it. He should never have been thrown out imo, so the result is a good one.