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The former star of American athletics Maurice Greene spoke on Monday while the officials of California High School disqualified a increased sprint star for having made the celebration he made famous.
The second year student Clara Adams, from North Salinas High School, finished second in the 400 preliminaries and quickly left the starting line in the final of the 400 and headed for a first place, at least she thought.
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Maurice Greene celebrates while the teammates vaporize his feet with a fire extinguisher after winning the 100 -meter male race with a time of 9.86 during the Home Depot Invitational in 2004. (Getty Images)
Adams celebrated with his father after winning the race. She took a fire extinguisher from her father and sprayed her shoes with her, alluding to her fire, Monterey Herald reported.
Greene did the celebration of fire fire extinguisher after winning the 100-meter dash at the Home Depot Invitational 2004. “When I heard, because it happened, and then people just started calling me” this girl who just ran the 400, was your celebration? “What?” He told KSBW-TV on Monday.
“If it was far from everyone and interfere with anyone, I would say to reintegrate it,” said the former Olympian.
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Sophomore Clara Adams by North Salinas High School initially won its race but was disqualified for its celebration. (Lucas Boland-Imagn images)
Adams’s father David said the celebration was eliminated in one of his opponents.
“I have a video,” he told Monterey Herald. “She was on the other side of the wall. I told her to leave the track. She did not spray her shoes on the track. We protested by the decision. I think it was racially motivated.”
He explained later at KSBW-TV.
“When she blew up the fire extinguisher, the opponents had left,” he told the station. “It was our moment of celebration, and CIF officials succeeded.
The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) confirmed the decision to disqualify Clara Adams from the 400. She then learned that she could not compete in the 200 either.
PK Press Club Digital contacted the CIF to comment.
In the wake of the incident, a petition was broadcast to restore Adams’ victory. He received more than 1,700 signatures on Tuesday morning.
