PARALYMPIC marathon runner Elena Congost was disqualified and denied a bronze medal due to a formality just just two metres from the finish line.
Congost, 36, is a Spanish T12/B2 track and field athlete who was born with a degenerative vision impairment and thus ran with guide Mia Carol Bruguera in Paris.
Paralympian Elena Congost was disqualified just before winning a bronze medalReuters Congost let go of the rope that connected her to her guide after he suffered a crampAP...