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The runner's seemingly inevitable victory is foiled, however, when a pole vaulter's elastic band breaks off and flies toward the runners.
The band strikes Meldon and wraps around his legs -- or, as the race announcer states, "he was tied up like Spider-Man threw something at him."
Meldon is able to stay upright and finish the race, but he surrenders his first-place spot.
The racer was reportedly allowed to compete in the finals due to the circumstances of his loss.