Olympic 100m hurdles champion Brianna McNeal flew 7,000 miles and waited until the ninth day of the world championships to compete. Her world championships were over without ever clearing a hurdle.
McNeal false started out of the first round of the 100m hurdles on Saturday. She twitched in her starting block and was given a reaction time of .036 seconds before the gun. Any reaction time within one tenth of a second after the gun or quicker is deemed a false start.
McNeal at first disputed the red card shown to her.