In Wednesday’s race, the camera operator was unaware that the runners in the second heat of Round 1 were approaching quickly when he walked straight into their path with his back turned to them
The official Olympic broadcaster apologised on Thursday for a camera operator obstructing runners in a Paris Games 5,000 metres heat when he walked on to the track during the race.
, forcing them to sidestep him and narrowly avoiding a collision.“The OBS team will be extra diligent and take additional measures to avoid any interference by the OBS team with competing athletes,” it said in a statement. One of the most famous incidents involving a camera operator was at the 2015 world championships in Beijing when Usain Bolt of Jamaica was knocked over from behind by a cameraman on a Segway immediately after the men’s 200m final.
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