Dramatic end for Elena Congost in Paris. The Catalan, who crossed the finish line third in the marathon at the Paris Paralympic Games, thus obtaining a bronze medal, saw how the organization disqualified her for having released her guide rope ten meters before the end of the event.
According to article 7.9 of the regulations, guide and athlete they can’t let go of the rope in the more than 42 kilometers of marathon.
Congost, upon learning of the organization’s decision, was devastated: “Let everyone know that They don’t disqualify me for cheating, but to be a person.
“For helping. For that instinct that “We understand when someone falls” ” he said, referring to his guide, who nearly fell to the ground from cramps.
And he continues: “I had the medal. They disqualified me because ten meters from the finish line I let go of the rope for a second because the person next to me “he goes face down.”
“It was a reflex act on the part of every human being. There is no help. There is no benefit. And you see that I don’t stop there,” he explains.
Because he doesn’t understand: “I don’t see how anyone can understand this situation. This is not about cheating. My guide couldn’t. “It seems unfair and surreal to me.”
