False start rule unlikely to change, says IAAF

The IAAF says it has no plans to change its stringent false start rule for next year's London Olympics despite the disqualification of Usain Bolt in the 100mat the World Athletics Championships.

The IAAF president, Lamine Diack, says no one at Sunday's council meeting asked for the rule to be reconsidered and adds it will still be in place next year.

Critics called the zero-tolerance false start regulation of "one error and you are out" cruel and counterproductive since it eliminated Bolt from the marquee event in Daegu.

Many, including Jamaican officials, wanted the IAAF to reconsider the rule to avoid a similar incident next year in London. Bolt himself said it was a lesson for him and did not demand a change.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/sep/04/false-start-rule-usain-bolt

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