The Frenchwoman Alessia Zarbo, who fell ill, was unable to complete the 10,000m event on Friday evening, August 9, at the Stade de France.
This Saturday, August 10 in the morning, the Frenchwoman Alessia Zarbo, entered in the 10,000 m at the Paris Olympic Games on Friday 9, “is doing better” announced the French Athletics Federation (FFA).
But the 22-year-old from Antibes and her friends had a real scare. While she was competing in the 10,000m at the Paris Olympic Games, the young woman collapsed in the middle of the race, on the track, having fainted.
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Lying on the purple tartan of Saint-Denis, help quickly arrived. But the race continued. The pack of runners narrowly missed hitting Alessia Zarbo, who was still on the ground.
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The young woman was evacuated on a stretcher. Quickly removed from the peloton, her illness occurred a little over 2000 m from the finish. “Victim of an illness during the race, Alessia Zarbo is better and recovering,” the FFA indicated this Saturday morning.
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The race was won by Kenyan Beatrice Chebet, who had already won the 5,000m, ahead of Italian Nadia Battocletti and Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan.
