CAS to rule on bronze medal

Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the gold in Wednesday's race.

American Wallace Spearmon crossed the finish line second and Martina was third, but both were disqualified for stepping out of their lanes.

Two Americans, Shawn Crawford and Walter Dix, were moved up to silver and bronze medal positions.

Small country standing up

But the Netherlands Antilles is arguing that the protest against Martina was filed well beyond the 30 minute deadline set by the international track federation, and they say they have video showing he stayed in his lane the entire time.

The president of the country's Olympic committee, William Millerson, said the matter was about a small country standing up to the International Association of Athletics Federation and the US Olympic Committee. The headline of a Sunday news release announcing the appeal referred to this as a "David and Goliath case."

Millerson said:"We're not going away.

'Have our pride'

"Just because we're a smaller country, we don't have to be like a dog, put your tail in your behind and then leave. We cannot do that because, even being a small country, we have our pride."

There was no immediate reaction from US officials.

The Netherland Antilles' case starts with the precedent set at last year's world championship, when American Michelle Perry was allowed to keep her title in the 100m hurdles even though replays clearly show her going out of her lane, because the protest was filed too late.