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Karina Babenok

“Rules Are Too Harsh”: Blind Paralympic Runner Stripped Of Bronze Medal Due To A Technicality

An Australian Paralympic runner was disqualified and stripped of his bronze medal after officials said he dropped the tether connecting him to his seeing-eye guide.

Jaryd Clifford finished third in the Men’s T13 5000m final, a category for athletes with visual impairments, last Saturday (August 31).

However, his celebration was cut short after he learned that he had been disqualified due to a rule breach.

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