The shocking moment when Spanish race walker Laura García-Caro loses a possible European Championship bronze medal after celebrating too early.
You're in the home straight, draped in your country's flag, the finish line just ahead of you and a hard-earned championship medal just within your grasp.
Italy's Antonella Palmisano had just led a home 1-2, heading 38-year-old countrywoman Valentina Trapletti to the delight of the Rome crowd. "They do not have electricity, there is no internet, no light, so I do not know if he saw me on the TV."
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