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		</div><p>The IAAF has come under criticism after the exclusion of Botswana medal hope Isaac Makwala from Tuesday night&#8217;s 400 metres final at the World Championships. Makwala was not allowed to compete on medical grounds following a bout of norovirus.</p>
<p>It comes after Ireland&#8217;s Thomas Barr was forced to pull out of the Championships in London due to the vomiting bug. The 30-year-old Makwala had been expected to challenge favourite and Olympic champion Wayde van Niekerk, who went on to comfortably defend his world title at the London Stadium. </p>
<p>Video footage showed Makwala was prevented from entering the warm-up track and Botswanan officials criticised the IAAF for their heavy-handedness and lack of communication. Makwala told ITV News: &#8220;They said I had food poisoning &#8211; which I don&#8217;t have. I was not tested for that.</p>
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<p>&#8220;They didn&#8217;t even want to listen to me. They said &#8216;no, you can&#8217;t run because you are sick.&#8217;<br />
&#8220;Sometimes I think maybe this is sabotage.&#8221;</p>
<p>Athletics&#8217; world governing body defended its decision, saying it was taken to contain the contagious illness. The IAAF said in a statement issued moments before the final: &#8220;The IAAF is very sorry that the hard work and talent of Isaac Makwala won&#8217;t be on display tonight but we have to think of the welfare of all athletes.</p>
<p>&#8220;The athlete was diagnosed with an infectious disease on Monday.<br />
&#8220;As per UK health regulations, it was requested that he be quarantined in his room for 48 hours, a period which ends at 1400hrs tomorrow (August 9).</p>
<p>&#8220;These procedures are recommended by Public Health England and were clearly explained to the teams in writing on Sunday (August 6) and in person to the Botswanan delegation, a member of which was present with many other representatives of teams at a meeting that took place at the Guoman Tower Hotel on Sunday.&#8221;</p>
<p>Botswana team officials dispute the IAAF&#8217;s version of events, and national sports commission chief executive Falcon Sedimo said the team found out about Makwala&#8217;s exclusion through the media.</p>
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