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Unbridled joy turned to devastation for the Spanish race walker, Laura García-Caro, on the opening day of the European Athletics Championships, as a premature celebration cost her a first major medal.
Five metres from the end of the women’s 20km race walk in Rome, García-Caro punched the air and stuck her tongue out in triumph, thinking bronze was secure.
Written by Sean Ingle in Rome
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jun/07/athletics-european-championships-race-walk-laura-garcia-caro under the title “Spain’s Garciá-Caro pipped to European race walk bronze after early celebration”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
