Team GB athlete George Mills was furious after taking a tumble in the first men’s 5000 metre heat at the Paris Olympics. And he confronted France Hugo Hay after the race had come to an end.
The race proved to be a tactical affair run at sluggish pace and took more than 90 seconds longer than world record time to complete.
And on the home straight, a whole host of athletes collided as four runners were grounded.
Mills eventually picked himself up and walked across the finish line. But the 25-year-old wasn’t able to hide his anger as he squared up to Hay and pushed his rival in the chest as he made his views perfectly clear.
The Frenchman attempted to calm the situation and reason with Mills as he put his arm around the Briton.
But Mills was unwilling to make peace with the 27-year-old as he took Hay’s hand away and stormed off.
Former women’s marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe was unwilling to offer her sympathy to Mills in the aftermath of the incident as she told the BBC: “There’s a lot to look back at, a lot to tidy up and decide whose fault it was.
“If you decide to jog that slightly, it’s kind of your own fault. You end up with all of those falls.”
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