Horror moment athlete faceplants on track after crashing through two hurdles at European Championships
HURDLER Anna Toth faceplanted after smashing into TWO hurdles in yet another agonising mishap at the European Championships.
American-born Brit Cindy Sember took fourth place, with France's Cyrena Samba-Mayela earning gold in a Championship record of 12.31. She told RTE: "The start was really good, it was the same as the semi-final, it was really, really quick."I lost everything and I had to start again from scratch because obviously your whole acceleration is gone. I bottled it."The hurdle-hitting was far from the only painful misfortune so early in the competition.After missing out on a final spot, Zeddon said: “That fall when in a surge made me tired and I didn’t have enough on the last lap.
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