World Athletics Championships 2023: Cart crash leaves Jamaica’s Hudson with blurry vision

Andrew Hudson

A collision involving a cart carrying 200-metre runners to their semifinal race at world championships sent glass shards flying into the right eye of Jamaican sprinter Andrew Hudson, forcing him to race with blurred vision.

The 26-year-old, racing in his first world championships, said doctors had flushed some of the glass out after the accident. He said he couldn't see out of his right eye but he decided to race nonetheless.

He finished fifth, but track officials decided to advance him into Friday's final, which will include nine sprinters, not the usual eight, with American Noah Lyles favoured.

"I did the best I could do," Hudson said after finishing in 20.38 seconds.

"I was sitting in the middle of the room for like 20 minutes, trying to have a decision if I was going to compete or not. I worked hard to be here. And even under circumstances, everybody has hurdles in life. If I can run I'm going to try my best. So I tried."

Lyles and others were in the cart with Hudson, as it transported the sprinters from their warmups to a waiting room near the track for what was supposed to be the first of the evening's three semifinal races.

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