Rio Olympics 2016: Matthew Hudson-Smith's adventure ends in disappointment

Having already made it to Sunday's 400m final, Hudson-Smith, from Lanesfield, Wolverhampton, was back out on Rio's blue track five days later as part of the Great Britain's 4x400m team looking to secure a spot in today's final.

And it looked as though they had done exactly that as Nigel Levine, Delano Williams, Hudson-Smith and Martyn Rooney came home in a world leading 2:58.88 minutes.

However, their celebrations were cut short as they were soon told they had been disqualified for starting outside the takeover zone.

And with Hudson-Smith storming through the mixed zone, Rooney was left to try and sum it all up.

"We are not too sure what happened, apparently it was some zone violation," said Rooney, who was running alongside Nigel Levine, Delano Williams and Matthew Hudson-Smith.

"We haven't seen them all but I was in my zone, I've seen the first changeover and Delano was in his zone, we were in lane one so we couldn't have broken out of our lane and I've just seen that Brazil have been put into the final.

"I was so pleased with how the guys ran. I know we have heard a lot about lanes at this Games, but it is tight here and Nigel was incredible, Delano was incredible, Matt was awesome, and I was so proud of how they ran.

"I was so pumped watching them run and I was emotional coming off that last bend because I was so happy for them and I was so happy for us."