RETURN OF THE MAK! ISAAC’S MAD WEEK
MON 6.30pm
PULLS out of the 200m heats after feeling sick. Public Health England say 30 athletes staying at the Tower Hotel near London’s Tower Bridge are believed to have the norovirus.
TUE 3pm
WITHDRAWS from the 400m final, after vomiting, on the instruction of the IAAF medical delegate. Despite this he claims he has not been properly tested and is ‘ready to run’.
TUE 6.50pm
MICHAEL JOHNSON claims Makwala has been denied a run to protect superstar rival Wayde van Niekerk. ‘The conspiracy theories will come out of the silence,’ he says.
TUE 7.45pm
MAKWALA sensationally turns up at the London Stadium in order to race but is blocked from entering by security staff at the door. He is forced to return to the team hotel.
TUE 8.50pm
THE IAAF claim Makwala has a contagious disease and must be quarantined until 2pm on Wednesday. They say a doctor examined him fully. The Botswanans disagree.
TUE 10pm
VAN NIEKERK wins the 400m gold with ease. Meanwhile, Makwala accuses the organisers of ‘sabotage’, saying he would have been allowed to run if he was British.
TUE 10.15pm WED 4.30pm
THE IAAF now allow Makwala to run his 200m heat, as he has completed his quarantine period. At 6.42pm he runs alone in lane seven and qualifies for the semis in a time of 20.20sec.
WED 8.57pm