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Australia's Nicholas Hough missed out on a spot in the 110m hurdles final after hitting every single hurdle in his semi-final on Wednesday.
Hough appeared to struggle out of the blocks and never recovered his rhythm after clipping the first hurdle.
The only hurdle he didn't knock over was the first one connected with at the beginning of the race.
'He is going to be so frustrated,' Channel 7 commentator Tamsyn Manou said.
'He just couldn't keep his hip height high because he hit the first hurdle and he kept hitting them.'
Australia Olympian Nicholas Hough (pictured left) came seventh in his semi-final after clipping every hurdle in the event
Fans have praised his Aussie spirit, saying he did well not giving up despite the outcome of the race (Hough pictured left)
The Olympic debutant's unfortunate performance had fans across the world giggling on social media, with one writing: 'Nick thought it was the 110m bum scraping event.'
'Nicholas Hough in lane 9 ran the greatest race in Olympic history. Ran through the hurdles. Didn’t come in last. Beast mode,' added another.
'How good’s the man mountain hurdler Nicholas Hough? Just barrels through them, no dramas,' added a third.
