Here's the Reason Why Kenya's Ezekiel Kemboi was Disqualified from the Rio Olympic Games 3,000m steeplechase

KENYA: Ezekiel Kemboi career ended disastrously after he was disqualified from the Olympic Games 3,000m steeplechase and his initial bronze medal was subsequently handed to Frenchman Mahiedine Mekhissi who was promoted from position four.

Kenya's Ezekiel Kemboi was disqualified on Wednesday for stepping off the track.

Kemboi came to Rio as the overwhelming favourite but left empty handed.

"A protest was presented by the French team after the 3000m steeplechase men final against Kenyan athlete Ezekiel Kemboi ... claiming he had stepped off the track," said an IAAF statement.

An appeal jury "met and examined the video of the race, confirming that Kemboi, after clearing a water jump, had stepped outside the track on the curved part before the home straight."

Under race rules, runners cannot step off the inside edge of the track when running around bends.

SOURCE: The Star, The African Post,