France's Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad has been stripped of his 3,000m steeplechase gold medal at the 2014 European Championships held in Zurich,Switzerland for taking his shirt off on the home straight.
Mekhissi-Benabbad waves after removing his shirt approaching the final hurdle
Initially he appeared to be shown a yellow card by an official but was subsequently disqualified.
Frenchman Yoann Kowal now wins gold, Poland's Krystian Zalewski gets silver and Spain's Angel Mullera wins bronze.
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