French athlete Morhad Amdouni caught headlines this weekend after a video was circulated on social media showing the Olympian appearing to deliberately knock over a row of water bottles at the 28km mark during the Olympic Men’s Marathon in Tokyo, Japan.

During the 26-mile event, Amdouni was seen running towards the marathon refreshment station — a long table lined with bottles of water ready to be picked up by the athletes — and proceeded to knock over every bottle, without breaking pace, only to pick up the final one.

Whether intentional or not, Amdouni’s actions during the race have brought about varying degrees of criticism and commentary, including Australia’s Ben St Lawrence tweeting “Thoughts on Amdouni knocking over an entire row of water before taking the last one?”

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