Spaniard Elena Congost was disqualified two metres from the finish line  The bronze medal was awarded to Misato Michishita of Japan.  By George Bird   Published:     12:38 EDT, September 8, 2024      |  Updated:     17:55 EDT, September 8, 2024                                 
Paralympic Marathon runner Elena Congost was devastated after being disqualified two metres from the finish line. The Spanish T12/B2 track and field athlete suffers from a…

Une marathonienne privée de médaille pour avoir aidé son guide à bout de forces

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Brussels

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A marathon runner deprived of a medal for helping her guide at the end of her strength

This Sunday, at the end of the marathon in class T12, the guide Mia Carol Bruguera failed in the final meters. A stroke of fatigue that earned the disqualification of the Spanish Elena Congost, who let go of the link for a few seconds to help her.

Ce dimanche, à l’arrivée du marathon en classe T12, le guide Mia Carol Bruguera a flanché dans les derniers mètres. Un coup de fatigue qui a valu la disqualification de l’Espagnole Elena Congost, qui a lâché quelques secondes le lien pour lui venir en aide.

« Je n’ai pas triché » : dévastée, la marathonienne Elena Congost privée de médaille pour avoir aidé son guide

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“I didn't cheat”: devastated, marathon runner Elena Congost deprived of a medal for helping her guide

Spain has ended its participation in Paris 2024 with 40 metals

España ha finalizado su participación en París 2024 con 40 metales

La descalificación de Elena Congost deja una sensación agridulce en el último día de los Juegos Paralímpicos

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Elena Congost's disqualification leaves a bittersweet feeling on the last day of the Paralympic Games

It is the image of the day, which leaves a bitter taste for the Spanish delegation in the Paralympic Games despite the 40 medals in Paris: the disqualification of Elena Congost after being

Es la imagen del día, la que deja un sabor amargo a la delegación española en los Juegos Paralímpicos pese a las 40 medallas en París: la descalificación de Elena Congost tras ser

Dramática descalificación de Elena Congost tras ganar el bronce

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Elena Congost's dramatic disqualification after winning bronze

The Catalan athlete Elena Congost closed the Spanish participation in the Paralympic Games in Paris with drama after being disqualified two meters from the finish line in the T12 marathon, for visually impaired athletes. Congost committed an irregularity envisaged in the regulations: letting go of the rope that bound her to her guide, Mia Carol. The reason was the cramps that almost made the guide fall a few seconds after crossing the finish lin…

La atleta catalana Elena Congost ha cerrado con drama la participación española en los Juegos Paralímpicos de París después de ser descalificada a dos metros de la meta en el maratón de la clase T12, para deportistas con discapacidad visual. Congost cometió una irregularidad prevista en el reglamento: soltar la cuerda que la unía a su guía, Mia Carol. El motivo fueron los calambres que casi hicieron caer al guía a pocos segundos de cruzar la met…

Drama para Elena Congost en el maratón: descalificada a dos metros de la meta y sin bronce por asistir a su guía

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Drama for Elena Congost in the marathon: disqualified two meters from the finish line and without bronze for attending her guide

A terrible disappointment occurred this Sunday at the women's T12 marathon at the Paris Paralympic Games....

C’est une terrible déception qui s’est produite ce dimanche au marathon T12 féminin des Jeux Paralympiques de Paris.  ...

“I am devastated.” Elena Congost, a 36-year-old athlete from Barcelona who had crossed the T12 marathon event for the visually impaired in third place, was barely able to taste bronze at the Paralympic Games in Paris. The organization, relying on a regulation that showed its cruelest face, decided to disqualify it. A few meters from the finish line, and when his guide, the seasoned Mia Carol, could barely stand still gripped as he was by cramps,…

"Estoy destrozada". Elena Congost, atleta barcelonesa de 36 años que había cruzado en tercera posición la prueba de de maratón T12 para discapacitados visuales, apenas pudo saborear el bronce en los Juegos Paralímpicos de París. La organización, amparándose en un reglamento que mostró su cara más cruel, decidió descalificarla. A escasos metros de la meta, y cuando su guía, el curtido Mia Carol, apenas podía tenerse en pie atenazado como estaba p…

La dramática descalificación de Elena Congost por ayudar a su guía: 'Estoy destrozada'

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Elena Congost's dramatic disqualification for helping her guide: 'I'm devastated'

Elena Congost was disqualified after finishing third in the Paris Paralympic Games marathon for letting go of the rope that tied her to her guide a few meters from the finish line. A decision that he tearfully described as “unfair and surreal” because “it's not a trap”. “I would like everyone to know that I haven't been disqualified for cheating, but for being a person and for that instinct that comes out to you when someone is falling. For help…

Elena Congost fue descalificada tras terminar tercera en la maratón de los Juegos Paralímpicos de París por soltar  la cuerda que la unía a su guía a escasos metros de la meta. Una decisión que calificó, entre lágrimas, de "injusta y surrealista" porque "no es una trampa". "Me gustaría que todo el mundo sepa que no me han descalificado por hacer trampas, sino por ser persona y por ese instinto que te sale cuando alguien se está cayendo. Por ayud…

Elena Congost, entre lágrimas, tras quedarse sin el bronce por ayudar a su guía: "Me han descalificado por ser persona"

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Elena Congost, in tears, after running out of bronze for helping her guide: “They disqualified me for being a person”

Initially third and therefore bronze medalist in the T12 marathon category (reserved for the visually impaired) of the Paris Paralympic Games on Sunday, the Spanish Elena Congost was disqualified. The fault has a point of regulation concerning the lanyard that linked her to her guide.

Initialement troisième et donc médaillée de bronze du marathon catégorie T12 (réservé aux déficients visuels) des Jeux Paralympiques de Paris dimanche, l'Espagnole Elena Congost a été disqualifiée. La faute à un point de règlement concernant la longe qui la liait à son guide.

Marathon (F) : Médaillée de bronze du marathon des Jeux Paralympiques, l'Espagnole Elena Congost disqualifiée pour un problème de longe

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Marathon (F): Paralympic Games marathon bronze medalist, Spain's Elena Congost disqualified for a limb problem

After crossing the line in third position on Sunday, the marathon runner was deprived of a medal for a settlement point concerning her guide.

Alors qu'elle avait franchi la ligne en troisième position dimanche, la marathonienne a été privée de médaille pour un point de règlement concernant son guide.

VIDEO. Le destin cruel de l'Espagnole Elena Congost, disqualifiée du marathon paralympique après le trébuchement de son guide

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VIDEO. The cruel destiny of the Spanish Elena Congost, disqualified from the Paralympic marathon after the stumbling of her guide

The marathon runner had won the bronze medal when, after crossing the finish line, her elimination was announced for letting go of the rope that bound her guide for a second. Leer

La maratoniana había conseguido la medalla de bronce cuando, tras cruzar la línea de meta, se anunció su eliminación por soltar durante un segundo la cuerda que le unía a su guía. Leer

La polémica descalificación de Elena Congost en el maratón paralímpico: "Estoy destrozada"

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Elena Congost's controversial disqualification from the Paralympic marathon: “I'm devastated”

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Paralympic Marathon Runner Elena Congost Suffers A Hard Blow When She Is Disqualified And Unable To Win The Bronze Medal Just TWO METERS From The Finish Line

Paralympic Marathon Runner Elena Congost Suffers A Hard Blow When She Is Disqualified And Unable To Win The Bronze Medal Just TWO METERS From The Finish Line

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