Jessica Ennis, a British track athlete and potential Olympian, was excited when she thought she had broken her personal record in the 100 meter hurdles. She had gotten a time of 12.75 seconds, beating American athletes Dawn Harper and Danielle Carruthers. Unfortunately, it was noticed after the race that there were only 9 hurdles on the track instead of the required 10. Because of this error, Ennis's time won't count. UK Athletics, which was responsible for the mistake, apologized to Ennis, but that didn't keep her from feeling disappointed. In a quote from The Guardian, she said, "I feel let down. I felt like it was a good race, I was running well, I was obviously coming through at the end, stick another hurdle on there it would have been, the same outcome, but, argh, I'm just so annoyed."
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