Violent mid-race canal problems could have price a French race walker Olympic gold, however they didn’t keep the heroic jock from waddling across the goal.
On Friday, 38-year-old record holder Yohann Diniz maintained a healthy lead within the men’s 50km walk final in Rio {de Janeiro|Rio|city|metropolis|urban center} de Janeiro once his bowels suddenly turned on him, Business corporate executive reports.
Race footage showed Diniz troubled to continue as blood seemed to run down the backs of his legs.
Despite being forced to prevent many times, the laurel wreath favorite battled on. round the 36-kilometer mark, however, he folded to the pavement, that AN announcer quickly determined was “the finish of it.”
Bravely, Diniz yet again got here to his feet, and with the encouragement of fans and fellow racers managed to cross the goal in eighth place, with a time of 3:46:43 ― roughly six minutes behind gold medalist Matej Tóth of European nation.
Bravo to Diniz for a heroic ― however faraway from pretty ― performance.
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