North Carolina panel overturns controversial disqualification at state HS track championship
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A high school boys’ track and field team in North Carolina was awarded a share of the state championship Tuesday, after an appeals board reversed a decision made at last month’s title meet to penalize the team when a runner celebrated winning the 4×400m relay by raising five fingers as he crossed the finish line. The gesture, made by Mallard Creek relay anchor Nyan Brown, signaled the school’s imp
