Dadic was disqualified for touching the track boundary twice in the 200m run. A protest by the Austrian Athletics Association was rejected. The trainer of the Wels heptathlete, Philipp Unfried, does not understand the disqualification.
“It’s just arbitrary. The video quality is so bad, you can’t see such a close decision on the video. In my view, disqualifying an athlete for this reason is not applying a rule, but hiding behind a rule and making an arbitrary decision. I don’t think that’s good at all,” said Unfried.
The disqualification is bitter for the 2016 European Championship third. After the cancellation for the World Cup, she focused on the European Championship and delivered a good first day. The Belgian Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam was the clear overall best with 4,063 points.
Source: Nachrichten
