No one in the team saw Orlando Ortega leave his room at the Ezdan hotel in Doha this Thursday, after the disaster of the 110 meter hurdles final. Even those closest to him, like the marcher Diego García, who was looking for him to give him a hug, found no answer. «He is touched», said the coach, José Peiró , who exchanged some whatsapps with him, nothing more. After the Jamaican Omar McLeod knocked him down, Ortega calmed down in the locker room, passed the anti-doping control at the Khalifa stadium and went to his room to await a decision from the judges that finally went against him. «We can only abide by the decision. Now we must focus on wrapping up Orlando, ”added Peiro, who explained the process of claim lived.

At the end of the final, the team leader, former jumper Carlota Castrejana , filed a petition with the help of Spanish judges Eva Herrero and José María Rodríguez at the Technical Information Center (TIC) of the International Federation (IAAF), which He transferred this to the referees. First, the referee judge of the World Cup was inhibited - as usual - and left the decision in the hands of the court of appeal formed by three members. At two in the morning in Qatar they began reviewing videos and 45 minutes later they delivered their ruling to Castrejana, first verbally and then in writing.

Spain had asked to repeat the race, to run Ortega alone or to be given a medal, but those responsible for the Federation (RFEA) did not have much hope either. There was a possibility, when the court of appeal decided to deliver a bronze in the hammer throw to the Polish Wojciech Nowicki for a void by Hungarian Bence Halasz , but it was undone in less than an hour. "I hope that all this will help the IAAF see that there are gaps in the regulation of the fences," said Peiró.

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