Belgian shot putter Jolien Boumkwo stepped out of her comfort zone, and onto the track, in order to save her team from disqualification.
The 29-year-old ran the 100-metre hurdles at the European Athletics Team Championships on Saturday in Poland, after her teammates pulled-out due to injury.
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46 Comments
She's the best👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿💕
so much respect for this lady.. beautiful
Joien is the winner!
She definitely understood the assignment and what team player means..love this
Let’s see one of those other hurdlers try the hammer throw 😂
Talk about a team player great job that have been me ….acting like I know what I’m doing but the worst🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
She is awesome,… hats off to her for the amazing effort and support of her team.
Great story!
Love Her!
You would think at least a person from the league in Belgium would thank her for helping them out.
❤❤❤❤made happy tears! Best of Luck!🎉
typical DEI hire
clearing them hurdles aint EASY…she did that well!
Got to love her❤❤❤
I looked it up. Her time was 32.81 seconds.
Jolein B is beautiful, thick and honored her country with her actions and stepped into help
Bet shes a freak lowkey too
Love this ❤
Liz? You watching? This is how you uplift your country!❤️❤️🇧🇪
The story here is how serious the injuries were to the injured teammates.
Respect
A great sportswoman indeed??????
I think I’d just take the disqualification
Never stop!!!
MVP
❤
Very well done you
A great woman honors herself and team. So unlike the transgender men who pretend to be women in Canadian and American sport competitions.
She has to be a Flandrien.
Great sportsmanship.
Top and great!
❤❤❤❤❤❤Awesome, you are your country’s treasure
❤❤❤
She's awesome!
All the best stories are non fiction.
Well done!
My hero
👎🏿
Excellent spirit and soul.
True athlete. Beautiful to see.
Unlike the America gymanist who quit just before Olympic games and celebrated for her betrayal.
We love you, girl!
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Never mind….
we need more stories like this.
What a hero!
This is incredible, what a boss!!!!