Garcia-Caro believed she had won herself a place on the podium at the European Athletics Championship in Rome - but premature celebrations cost her the bronze medal.
Spanish race walker Laura Garcia-Caro stuck her tongue out and punched a fist in the air thinking she had won a bronze medal at the European Athletics Championship - only to realise seconds later that she had been overtaken. The 29-year-old athlete was beaming and convinced she had secured third place in the last five metres of the women's 20km race walk at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Friday.
Read more on Sky News:'Race against time' in search for TV doctor'I can't stop staring at you': Swift 'captivated' by UK crowd Olyanovska, 31, served a four-year doping ban between 2015 and 2019. She said she was thrilled to have won the medal for Ukraine as the country has been in the grips of Russia's invasion for the past two years. 'It is a very emotional moment for me,' the Ukrainian athlete said.
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