Paralympic Runner Stripped of Bronze Medal After Being Disqualified for Breaking Rule at Finish Line of Race

September 2, 2024

An Australian Paralympian runner has been disqualified from a long-distance event after officials said that he dropped the tether connecting him to his seeing eye guide.

Visually impaired distance runner Jaryd Clifford would have received the bronze medal in the T13 5000m for vision-impaired athletes at the 2024 Paralympics on Saturday, Aug. 31, but officials from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) ruled that he was not tethered correctly to his guide Matt Clarke as he crossed the finish line, according to Paralympics Australia. People