Tears for the Germans
Injured during warm-up: Out of the arena in a wheelchair
What a bitter pill to swallow! German heptathlete Sophie Weißenberg suffered a serious injury on Thursday while preparing for the 100 m hurdles. She had to be taken out of the Stade de France in a wheelchair.
What an accident away from the TV cameras! Weißenberg jumped over the second hurdle, but then she suddenly went down. She immediately put her hands to her face.
Germany's heptathlete was in tears. The Olympic Games were over for her. She was taken out of the arena in a wheelchair.
"There is nothing worse"
As reported by ARD, Weißenberg suffered a torn Achilles tendon. "There is nothing worse in the life of an athlete," said ARD expert Frank Busemann about the German drama.
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