Katarina Johnson-Thompson is a Great Britain athlete in the heptathlon — that’s 100m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200m, long jump, javelin and 800m — who was in the mix in Tokyo to perhaps medal.
But in the 200m on Wednesday, she was injured and disqualified because she left her lane.
That didn’t stop her from finishing, however.
With medical personnel around her trying to help her into a wheelchair, she hobbled down the track to finish. It’s an incredible, inspiring moment and crushing at the same time. Another runner — Verena Mayr from Austria — came up to her to embrace her.
What a moment:
After suffering an injury, Katarina Johnson-Thompson refused to be helped off the track before crossing the finish line. #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/J5GVl2lrVp
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) August 4, 2021
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