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SALINAS, Calif. - Attorneys and NAACP leaders are calling for a high school track athlete's gold medal to be reinstated after the California Interscholastic Federation stripped it from her because she celebrated by using a fire extinguisher on her shoes after a race.

Civil rights attorney Adante Pointer of Oakland and other Black leaders on Friday are speaking out on behalf of Clara Adams, 16, a sophomore at North Salinas High School, who took first place after winning the 400-meter event in Clovis last weekend at the CIF State Track & Field Championships.

"They immediately disqualified her, stripped her of her state title, banned her from running the 200 and manhandled her away from the infield on what was the greatest moment of her running career," Pointer said. "Instead,

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