Paris Olympics 2024: George Mills, son of former Leeds footballer Danny, clashes with French rival after collision during 5,000m heat

After the men had crossed the finish line, Mills and Hay were seen arguing and making physical contact, Mills pointing furiously at the Frenchman.

Mills claimed Hay was responsible for the incident and officials agreed the Briton had been impeded, advancing him to Saturday’s final following a review.

Mills, the son of former Leeds and England full-back Danny told the BBC: “I think it’s pretty clear. I got stepped out on as I was about to kick in the home straight and boom, the French lad took me down.”

Asked what he said when he confronted Hay: “I’m probably not allowed to say.”

“From my perspective, that was the perfect qualifier for me, going through first 2k in six minutes. I was like, ‘Nobody in this field can run away from me at this pace’, so I was just sitting, waiting, biding my time, gonna kick off the home straight then bang, hit the deck. What can you do?”

Later, Mills added: “It looks like my path was maybe stopped. Mo Ahmed went down with 800m to go…

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