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Xavier Carter DQ’ed for stepping out of lane; stripped of 400m victory

Posted February 18th, 2007 at 8:00 AM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

After winning the 400m yesterday at the Norwich Indoor Union Grand Prix, his only planned indoor race of the season, Xavier “X-Man” Carter was disqualified and stripped of the victory.

Race officials reported that Carter stepped out of lane before taking the lead from Britain’s Robert Tobin. Carter was said that he was “shocked” by the DQ and that he never stepped over the line.

Carter will have his eyes on Michael Johnson’s 200m (19.32 sec) and 400m (43.18 sec) records this season and aims to break the 200m mark at the World Championships in Osaka, Japan.

Last year, in his rookie season, Carter ran the second fastest 200m time in history (19.63).

Research source and for more information: [SuperAthletics]