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A precocious schoolhouse way prima was stripped of her rubric aft celebrating her triumph successful an iconic way, which besides drew the ire of California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) officials.
Clara Adams, a 16-year-old North Salinas High School sophomore, had conscionable finished archetypal successful the girls' 400-meter contention successful Clovis connected Saturday erstwhile video showed her walking implicit to the stands with a grin connected her look and retrieving a occurrence extinguisher from her father, David.
"Then, successful a celebratory moment, she took a occurrence extinguisher from her dad, stepped distant from the track, and blasted her shoes with the retardant spray," the Mercury News reported.
David elaborate the speech helium had with his daughter. “I told Clara, ‘You’re connected fire,’” helium told the newspaper. “She did not bash it successful beforehand of her opponents. She wasn’t disrespecting anyone."
CIF officials saw Adams' show arsenic an enactment of unsportsmanlike behaviour and disqualified her from the meet. The determination meant Adams would not person her infinitesimal connected the podium and could not tally successful the upcoming 200-meter contention successful which she was 1 of the favorites.
Clara Adams retrieves a occurrence extinguisher from her begetter aft winning a 400-meter race. (Oceanside Dolphins Track Club via YouTube)Her solemnisation was reminiscent of an iconic moment by 2004 way champion Maurice Greene successful which helium took his shoes disconnected and had them sprayed by idiosyncratic holding a occurrence extinguisher.
"When I heard, origin it happened, and past radical conscionable started calling maine 'This miss who conscionable ran the 400 did your celebration' I was similar huh? What?" Greene told the tv presumption KSBW. "If it was distant from everyone and not interfering with anyone, I would accidental reinstate her."
CIF officials person not publically commented connected the decision.
