Overview

• Chris Robinson suffered a wardrobe malfunction when his shorts failed to contain him in the final 250m of the 400m hurdles at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava.
• He repeatedly stopped to adjust his shorts mid-race but regained form to maintain top speed and clear each hurdle.
• He won in 48.05 seconds, edging out Brazil’s Matheus Lima by 0.06 seconds in a season-best performance just 0.10 seconds off his personal record.
• The live broadcast forced global broadcasters to apologize on air and prompted real-time commentary from World Athletics’ Tim Hutchings about the unusual equipment failure.
• Earlier this year Robinson helped the U.S. mixed 4x400m relay team secure gold at the World Relay Championships in Guangzhou.