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Shot putter runs 100m hurdles to save team from DQ

Posted on 6/25/23 at 11:01 am
Posted by WPBTiger
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Member since Nov 2011
31049 posts
Posted on 6/25/23 at 11:01 am
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Belgium shot put and hammer throw champion Jolien Boumkwo displayed great team spirit at the European Championships in Poland when she stepped up to run the 100-meter hurdles and save her team from getting disqualified.

Boumkwo appeared all smiles as she carefully attempted each hurdle Saturday. The 29-year-old finished the race without knocking any of the hurdles down in 32.81 seconds, 19 seconds after winning sprinter Teresa Errandonea of Spain.


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Boumkwo agreed to compete when Belgium's two hurdlers had to pull out due to injury. Had no Belgian athlete competed in the event, the team would have been disqualified.


Posted by funnystuff
Member since Nov 2012
8330 posts
Posted on 6/25/23 at 11:16 am to
Sports are so awesome
Posted by TheDeathValley
New Orleans, LA
Member since Sep 2010
17161 posts
Posted on 6/25/23 at 11:49 am to
Team first mentality
Posted by VerlanderBEAST
Member since Dec 2011
18984 posts
Posted on 6/25/23 at 12:04 pm to
Great athlete
Posted by Pedro
Geaux Hawks
Member since Jul 2008
33568 posts
Posted on 6/25/23 at 1:03 pm to
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The 29-year-old finished the race without knocking any of the hurdles down
most impressive part of this. I’m a distance runner and would’ve killed myself.
Posted by bird35
Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
12179 posts
Posted on 6/25/23 at 1:06 pm to
I appreciate that she left all the hurdles standing.

Good effort.

Posted by Ghost of Colby
Alberta, overlooking B.C.
Member since Jan 2009
11218 posts
Posted on 6/25/23 at 1:51 pm to
Big girl has some hops. She could have plowed through some, if not all of them. Because she’s a legitimate world class athlete, she ran a honorable race, and completed a very difficult event.



Posted by dirtsandwich
AL
Member since May 2016
5162 posts
Posted on 6/25/23 at 1:59 pm to
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Sports are so awesome

Agreed. A good thing to keep in mind.
Posted by DomincDecoco
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Member since Oct 2018
10878 posts
Posted on 6/25/23 at 4:12 pm to
Millenials could take a lesson
Posted by Dr RC
The Money Pit
Member since Aug 2011
58074 posts
Posted on 6/25/23 at 7:01 pm to
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Millenials could take a lesson


She is a Millennial dingus.
Posted by TexasTiger33
Member since Feb 2022
13364 posts
Posted on 6/25/23 at 9:47 pm to
very cool

thanks for posting
Posted by OWLFAN86
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Posted on 6/25/23 at 9:55 pm to
This should be celebrated in womens sports
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
Georgia foothills
Member since Sep 2009
29206 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 6:48 am to
That is cool. Good for her.
Posted by SprintFun
Columbus, OH
Member since Dec 2007
45794 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 8:04 am to
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Millenials could take a lesson
what age range do you think millenials are?
Posted by QJenk
Atl, Ga
Member since Jan 2013
15316 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 4:50 pm to
Kudos to her. Talk about putting the team above oneself. She knew she didn't have a chance to win, and that she may potentially embarrass herself, but she didn't care about that at all.
Posted by rhar61
Member since Nov 2022
5109 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 4:54 pm to
That's nice but nobody was really going to hold it against her.
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