Brazil’s Rosangela Santos has a shoulder tattoo of a star with the word “WINNER” inside of it, but her goal in the world championships 200m semifinals was to be disqualified.
Mission accomplished.
Santos, 26, said she false started on purpose on Thursday in order to save her strength for the 4x100m relay on Saturday, according to O Globo. The newspaper reported that the IAAF determined that neither Santos nor Brazil would be booted from the 4x100m for not giving an honest effort in the 200m.
Santos already had the result of her life in the 100m in London, finishing seventh after breaking the South American record in the semifinals.