After a Paralympic marathoner was disqualified and lost out on a bronze medal as a result of her information, Mia Carol, suffered a cramp on the end line, Carol is talking out in opposition to the “injustice” of the scenario.
Carol was guiding Spanish runner Elena Congost, who’s visually impaired, throughout the 2024 Paralympics T12 ladies’s marathon on Sept. 8 in Paris when his leg cramped up on the end line.
Congost tried to assist her information, however in doing so, they unintentionally dropped the rope connecting them, a violation of the Paralympics guidelines for visually impaired racers. Regardless of being simply ft from the end line and a bronze medal, Congost was instantly disqualified.
“On a bodily degree I’m high quality, actually I used to be already high quality two minutes after the race,” Carol stated in an interview with Marca. “On a psychological degree, coming down from the cloud as a result of we aren’t used to those media points, however joyful after all the pieces appeared so darkish.”
Carol stated, “Each athlete has had cramps and is aware of that they’re by no means opportune,” per Marca. “We all know that we did what anybody would have completed, as a result of in reverse. I might have helped her too. That’s regular, not the disqualification or the poor administration on the judges’ degree.”
“They merely utilized the rule as a substitute of eager about what it was established for, which is for a case wherein the information helps the athlete. One factor is to use it and one other to interpret it,” he added.
Carol stated he and Congost are “used to not giving up” and added, “You must decide your self up after a tough blow and, if we don’t struggle in opposition to injustice, then what do now we have left?”
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On Sept. 9, Marca reported that the Spanish Paralympic Committee is planning to submit a proper request to the Worldwide Paralympic Athletics Federation asking for Congost and Carol to be awarded the bronze.
“We’re going to attempt to get that medal acknowledged,” Spanish Paralympic Committee president Miguel Carballeda stated.
After the race, Congost informed Marca she was “devastated” by the disqualification. “I’m devastated, to be sincere, as a result of I had the medal,” she stated. “It was a reflex act of any human, to carry on to an individual who’s falling subsequent to you.”
“I’m tremendous happy with all the pieces I’ve completed and ultimately they disqualified me as a result of 10 meters from the end line as a result of I let the rope go for a second,” Congost continued.
“It’s not for dishonest, it’s not for dragging down an athlete. I’m left with nothing. I can’t discover any rationalization for it and it appears so unfair and so surreal, actually.”