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Schoolboy error costs rising Aussie decathlon star
The 20-year-old briefly considered pulling out of the competition, before deciding to stick it out for the remaining nine events.
"I just went before the gun - schoolboy errors really," he said.
"You learn to start when you're seven or eight and I forgot how to do it today".
Attribution: Not Supplied"I just went before the gun - schoolboy errors really," he said.
"You learn to start when you're seven or eight and I forgot how to do it today".
Rising Australian decathlon star Jake Stein admitted to a schoolboy error after false-starting twice in the opening 100m to ruin his medal chances at the Commonwealth Games.
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A distraught Stein punched the Hampden Park track and held his head in his hands after jumping the gun for the second time which saw him eliminated from the 100m with zero points.
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The error was particularly mystifying as decathletes are only eliminated after two false starts in the sprints rather than the single false-start rule now applied to individual events.
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Stein won gold at the 2011 World Youth Championships and silver at the 2012 World Junior Championships and is considered Australia's most promising decathlete in more than a decade.
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He admitted that nerves played a part in his stuff-up, especially after sitting out late 2012 and much of 2013 with serious hip problems.
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With a medal now out of the question, Stein's aim for the remainder of the two-day competition is to register a few personal bests.
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Cate and Bronte Campbell became the first sisters to take gold and silver in the same Commonwealth Games race and, for the sake of Australian swimming, just hope their sibling rivalry continues.
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Cate just held off her fast finishing younger sister in the 100m freestyle on Monday in 52.68 seconds - the fastest time of the year - while Bronte's 52.86 was also fast enough to have won Olympic gold two years ago.
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"Hopefully we continue to push each other along, because I think this is great for swimming in Australia," Cate said.
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