Ezekiel Kemboi, who finished third in the men's 3000m steeplechase final on Wednesday, has been disqualified and stripped of the bronze medal for stepping off the track, International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) officials said.
This follows a successful appeal by the French team, whose athlete Mahiedine Mekhissi finished fourth in the race.
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