RIO DE JANEIRO — It wasn't Shaunae Miller's hands across the line that won the gold. It was the torso.
Miller's desperate dive in the final steps of the 400 meters on Monday night beat Allyson Felix by a dramatic seven one hundredths of a second, 49.44 to 49.51.
The reaction was immediate, and intense. After all, Miller of the Bahamas had denied gold to one of the USA's most beloved sprinters, who even so would become the most decorated American female track and field Olympian, with seven total medals.
The questions followed: Is that legal?