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Eagles wide receiver Devon Allen didn’t get a chance to compete in Sunday night’s World Athletics Championships final. The world’s fastest man in the 110m hurdles this year was disqualified for a false start.
His reaction time was 0.001 faster than the 0.1 second threshold, meaning he had a false start, according to the computer.
Allen presented his case to officials to no avail. Instead, he had to watch on television as fellow American Grant Holloway defended his World Championship gold medal in the event from 2019. Holloway clocked 13.03 and American Trey Cunningham finished second in 13.08.
Only Allen’s DQ prevented a likely 1-2-3 for Team USA after Olympic champion Hansle Parchment of Jamaica was injured while warming up for the final.
Allen, who clocked 13.09 in the semi-final earlier in the day, can now turn his attention to football. He last played college football at Oregon from 2014-16, going undrafted in 2017. The Eagles are his first shot at an NFL roster after drawing the team’s attention with a 40-yard dash in 4.35 seconds.
In three seasons with Oregon, Allen caught 54 passes for 919 yards and eight touchdowns.
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