Following the ruling of 13 December 2005 which retroactively disqualified Tim Montgomery and henceforth the American team, the South African team were promoted to gold medallists.
In February 2007 Newton clocked 9.95 seconds in the 100 meters at the KwaZulu-Natal Athletics senior provincial track and field championships in Durban, narrowly beating teammate and training partner Dean Wicks, who clocked 10.00 seconds.[1] In doing so, Newton would have become one of only 50 men to have broken the 10 second barrier in the 100m. Even Linda Ferns, CEO of Athletics SA, said the application to recognise Newton's time in Durban would be studied. "We will have to look at all the technical details and must ensure that a test for performance enhancers was done.".[2]
On 13 February, the time was disqualified for three reasons: 1) Lee-Roy's reaction time of -0.046 seconds is considered too fast by IAAF rules, and therefore indicates he false started, 2) the finish line camera was not properly aligned with the finish line, possible by much as a meter, 3) he was not escorted to drug testing at the stadium, and rather was tested much later at his residence.[3]
newton, born, december, 1978, south, african, sprinter, together, with, morné, nagel, corné, plessis, matthew, quinn, silver, medal, metres, relay, 2001, world, championships, athletics, medal, recordrepresenting, south, africamen, athleticsworld, championship. Lee Roy Newton born 19 December 1978 is a South African sprinter Together with Morne Nagel Corne du Plessis and Matthew Quinn he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics Lee Roy Newton Medal recordRepresenting South AfricaMen s athleticsWorld Championships2001 Edmonton 4x100 m relayCommonwealth Games2006 Melbourne 4x100 m relayAfrican Championships2004 Brazzaville 4x100m relay2006 Bambous 4x100m relayFollowing the ruling of 13 December 2005 which retroactively disqualified Tim Montgomery and henceforth the American team the South African team were promoted to gold medallists At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne Newton won a silver medal with the South African team in the 4 x 100 metres relay In February 2007 Newton clocked 9 95 seconds in the 100 meters at the KwaZulu Natal Athletics senior provincial track and field championships in Durban narrowly beating teammate and training partner Dean Wicks who clocked 10 00 seconds 1 In doing so Newton would have become one of only 50 men to have broken the 10 second barrier in the 100m Even Linda Ferns CEO of Athletics SA said the application to recognise Newton s time in Durban would be studied We will have to look at all the technical details and must ensure that a test for performance enhancers was done 2 On 13 February the time was disqualified for three reasons 1 Lee Roy s reaction time of 0 046 seconds is considered too fast by IAAF rules and therefore indicates he false started 2 the finish line camera was not properly aligned with the finish line possible by much as a meter 3 he was not escorted to drug testing at the stadium and rather was tested much later at his residence 3 Personal bests edit100 metres 10 27 2000 9 95 2007 unratified mark 200 metres 20 75 2000 amp 2001 400 metres 47 89 2002 References edit 1 Newton ran 9 95s www iol co za 2 Archived 8 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine SA sprinter breaks 10s barrier www news24 com 3 Newton s 100m SA record not ratifiedExternal links editLee Roy Newton at World Athletics nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to South African athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lee Roy Newton amp oldid 1184005691, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
