US EditionParalympic 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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A terrible disappointment occurred this Sunday at the women's T12 marathon at the Paris Paralympic Games....
Spain has ended its participation in Paris 2024 with 40 metals
Elena Congost and her guide Mia Carol have crossed the finish line third in the T12 athletics category of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, but have been disqualified because the Catalan athlete has let go of the rope that connected him to his guide 10 meters from the finish line. With the bronze already in his pocket and with his most immediate pursuer more than three minutes away, Congost has let go of the rope in a reflex act when he saw that …
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
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…
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.
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