Bergqvist critical of Ugandan at 800 meters: "You can't push away your opponent"

Nakaayi tried to push forward on the far side at around 550 meters on Saturday night but did not get past Kenyan Eunice Sum who held his position in the lead at the coffin. Sum got a big push before the curve came.

When it then contracted to the rally, Nakaayi pushed past Jamaican Natoya Goule, who wobbled to good and lost speed.

"The cat doesn't know if Nakaayi gets away with that," SVT Sports commentator Niklas Nord said in the broadcast.

Expert Kajsa Bergqvist did not like the behavior.

- If there is no place, there is no place. She tried to get past the inside, a bit like what Jakob Ingebrigtsen did (the attempt at 5000 meters). If there is no place there you can not push your opponents away. You can't push past and I think she went a little hard and really disturbed Goule who misses the finals because of the push she gets, Bergqvist said.

In Norway, people were even more upset.

- That's the worst I've seen. It cannot be approved. You must not push yourself that way, said NRK's ​​commentator Jan Post.

Nakaayi did not think she had crossed a border.

- The others pushed me and I had to defend myself. There is nothing to be washed for. Now I want to take the gold medal, Nakaayi told NRK.

The IAAF left the incident without action and Nakaayi is included in the start list for the final on Monday at 21.10. In Caster Semenya's absence, one of several female runners who were stopped due to high levels of testosterone, the final is wide open.