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☆ Jolien Boumkwo: ‘I have never been this famous before,’ says shot putter after stepping into hurdles event
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Don Riddell | George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —As she took to the start line of the 100-meter hurdles, Jolien Boumkwo was at first met with confusion, then amusement, then raucous support. The Belgian shot putter emerged as an unlikely hero from the European Athletics Team Championships in Poland on Saturday after injuries to her teammates compelled her to step into the hurdles event at the last minute. Boumkwo, who had placed seventh in the shot put the day before, eventually finished in 32.18 seconds – 19 seconds behind the next slowest athlete. The crowd screamed their support as she ran towards the finish line, her teammates applauded her can-do spirit, and online she was inundated with positive messages. Boumkwo races to finish line in the 100-meter hurdles.

Persons: Jolien Boumkwo, Boumkwo jogged, CNN Sport’s Don Riddell, Boumkwo soaks, Thomas Windestam, ” Boumkwo, ”, Boumkwo, Erik Van Leeuwen, “, … It’s, “ I’m, … Organizations: CNN, European Athletics Team, MAG, Getty, BELGA MAG Locations: Belgian, Poland, Belgium, AFP

☆ Jolien Boumkwo: Belgian shot putter competes in 100-meter hurdles after injuries to teammates
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Just ask Belgian shot put thrower Jolien Boumkwo, who competed in the 100-meter hurdles at the European Athletics Team Championships on Saturday after her teammates had to withdraw through injury. After placing seventh in the shot put on Friday, Boumkwo turned her attention to the hurdles at the last minute and duly finished in a time of 32.81 seconds – 19 seconds behind the seventh-placed athlete. Footage of Boumkwo carefully stepping over each hurdle while the other athletes race away ahead of her has since gone viral on social media. She smiled and laughed throughout before being congratulated by other competitors at the finish line. Boumkwo negotiated the 100-meter hurdles without colliding with any of the barriers.

Persons: Jolien Boumkwo, Boumkwo, Thomas Windestam Organizations: CNN, European Athletics, BELGA MAG, Belgium Locations: Belgian, AFP, Poland

☆ Belgium Was Out of Hurdlers. So a Shot-Putter Agreed to Run.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Andrew Das | Claire Moses | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Once it became clear she was going to be the one on the starting line, she said she tried to not think about it too much. Boumkwo beamed and waved at the television cameras when she was introduced with the rest of the runners. Neither was speed, even though she remembered the techniques of hurdling, Boumkwo, 29, said in a phone interview on Monday. Boumkwo said she wasn’t nervous about the race. “I took my race seriously,” adding that she “took it hurdle by hurdle.”

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☆ Belgian shot putter Boumkwo runs 100m hurdles to save team from disqualification
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Had no Belgian athlete competed in the event, the team would have been disqualified. The 29-year-old finished the race without knocking any of the hurdles down in 32.81 seconds, 19 seconds after Spanish sprinter Teresa Errandonea who won with 13.22. Boumkwo was applauded by the audience and congratulated by her rivals as she earned two points for the team. The points could be crucial as the bottom three countries will be relegated from Division 1. Reporting by Anita Kobylinska in Gdansk Editing by Christian RadnedgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Aleksandra Szmigiel, Jolien Boumkwo, Boumkwo, Teresa Errandonea, Anita Kobylinska, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Silesian, Heat, Belgian, Thomson Locations: Chorzow, Poland, Belgium, Gdansk

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