Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas won a dramatic gold medal in a pulsating women's 400m final at the 2016 last night.
Miller appeared at first glance to stumble, before diving spectacularly across the line to edge out American world champion Allyson Felix to win in 49.44 seconds.
A distraught Felix took silver in 0.07 seconds later with Jamaica's Shericka Jackson third.
"The only thing I was thinking was the gold medal and the next thing I know I was on the ground," the 22-year-old Miller told the BBC "It was just a reaction."
She added: "I've never done it before. I have cuts and bruises, a few burns."
But was it legal? Abso-feckin'-lutely. The rules of track and field state that you hit the finish line when your torso - which is considered different from your head or arms - crosses the-finish line, hence why you see so many runners bending forward as they approach the whitewash. And so, despite the heartbreak for America's Felix, it was an ingenious manoeuvre which claimed her nation's third track and field medal.
Watch the incredible finish below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=JRqaUJfuBGA
An incredible dive by Shaunae Miller to take the Gold medal from Allyson Felix. pic.twitter.com/aRgHCjthj9
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) August 16, 2016
Miller said:
My mind just went blank. I heard my mom screaming. When I heard her screaming, I was like, 'OK, I had to have won the race'.
Her coach, Lance Brauman, added:
She gave everything she had and her legs gave out at the line. It was not intentional.
Sure, Lance!
