The evening turned into a nightmare for Margot Chevrier.
Engaged in the pole vault competition at the World Indoor Athletics Championships, which are being held this weekend in Glasgow (Scotland), the 24-year-old Frenchwoman fell badly and had to be evacuated on a stretcher with a splint placed on her his left leg.
After passing her third attempt at 4.55m, the native of Nice attempted for the first time in the evening to clear a bar at 4.65m.
Margot Chevrier evacuated on a stretcher with a large splint on her left leg.
After making her first attempt at 4.65m, she returned to the track and let herself fall gently into the barrier.
Stuck, the rescuers came to help her.
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With his left ankle at right angle, Chevrier screamed in pain, causing a long interruption of the contest.
In pain, she was taken care of by emergency services and re-oxygenated before being evacuated to the emergency room.
The final diagnosis is not yet known, but the French athlete, who was aiming for selection for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, could suffer from an open fracture.
In the other races of the evening, hurdler Just Kwaou-Mathey brought the French delegation its first medal by winning bronze in the 60m hurdles won by the American Grant Holloway.
Wilhem Belocian, for his part, did not make it through to the semi-finals.