Athlete's gold-medal delight dashed in Paralympics scoring blunder

Paralympic Games organisers apologised today for a scoring blunder that caused the wrong medals to be awarded in women’s discus.

Athlete's gold-medal delight dashed in Paralympics scoring blunder

Paralympic Games organisers apologised today for a scoring blunder that caused the wrong medals to be awarded in women’s discus.

The announcement came just hours after Ukraine’s Mariia Pomazan proudly received her gold medal in a packed stadium on the first morning of Paralympic athletics.

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