Athletics-Belgian shot putter Boumkwo runs 100m hurdles to save team from disqualification

FILE PHOTO: European Games - Athletics - Silesian Stadium, Chorzow, Poland - June 24, 2023 Belgium's Jolien Maliga Boumkwo in action during the Women's 100m Hurdles, Division 1 Heat B REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel/File Photo

(Reuters) - Belgium shot put and hammer throw champion Jolien Boumkwo displayed great team spirit at the European Championships in Poland when she stepped up outside her event and ran a 100 metres hurdles race to save her team from getting disqualified.

Boumkwo appeared all smiles when she carefully attempted each hurdle on Saturday in a video that went viral, after she stepped in when Belgium's two hurdlers had to pull out due to injury.