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The problem, Johnson said, is field events consist of multiple attempts of a given throw or jump, with the winner determined after each competitor has exhausted all their tries.

Several top sprinters have also been affected by the sport’s restrictions on DSD athletes, which now cover all track and field events in the female category.

Despite the men's disappointment, the US have dominated the track and field events.

Quincy Wilson made history for the US by helping the men's team qualify for the final, with the 16-year-old becoming the youngest American male to compete in an Olympic track and field event.

The runners had to skirt around a camera operator, who was covering a field event and wandered onto the inside lanes of the track just as the athletes rounded the bend.