jump the gun

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Apparently, he jumped the gun in his heat and was disqualified. Google

It would be a shame for an athlete who has prepared the whole year to be disqualified because they got a little excited and jumped the gun. Google

Under IAAF rules, if this is under 0.1secs, the athlete is adjudged to have jumped the gun - the reasoning being that no human can react that quickly. Google

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