Shot Put Champion Runs 100M Hurdles To Keep Team In Competition

By Melissa Noel ·Updated June 26, 2023

Belgium’s Jolien Boumkwo showed true team spirit at the European Championships in Poland by running the 100-meter hurdles so her team could stay in the competition.

Following the withdrawal of competitors Anne Zagre and Hanne Claes due to injuries, Boumkwo– who is of Cameroonian descent– stepped up and entered the race.

Reuters reports that as soon as the race started, the shot put

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