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Team GB handed shock medal after Paralympic athlete disqualified and banned from another event

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Updated 18:15 4 Sep 2024 GMT+1Published 17:44 4 Sep 2024 GMT+1

Team GB handed shock medal after Paralympic athlete disqualified and banned from another event

Another medal for Team GB.

Tom Jenkins

Tom Jenkins

Team GB's Zac Shaw has seen himself promoted to the medal positions after the disqualification of Turkey's Serkan Yildirim in the T12 100m.

Shaw initially came home to finish fourth in the race behind Yildirim, the USA's Noah Malone, and Brazilian sprinter Joeferson Marinho de Oliveira.

However, following the event the it was revealed that Yildirim was ineligible to compete meaning the 28-year-old Brit will now receive the bronze medal.

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A lengthy World Para Athletics statement via The Sun read: “On the morning of 30 August, World Para Athletics (WPA) was notified of a without notice interim injunction issued by a single judge in the Bonn regional court, requiring the NPC Turkey athlete, Mr Serkan Yildirim, to be entered into the Para-athletics men’s 100m T12 and 400m T12 medal events at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

"WPA was not provided with notice of the proceedings, or any opportunity to participate in them.

"Under both the WPA classification rules and the WPA qualification regulations for Paris 2024 an athlete with a Sport Class Status ‘Review’, such as Mr Yildirim, is not eligible to compete.

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"Solely in order to comply with the court order, WPA permitted Mr Yildirim to compete in the men’s 100m T12 event, pending the outcome of WPA’s appeal against the injunction.

"WPA has now successfully appealed the injunction and the injunction has been lifted by the court with immediate effect.

"The results of Mr Yildirim in the men’s 100m T12 medal event have been disqualified, with all resulting consequences.

"The medals from the men’s 100m T12 medal event will be reallocated.

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"WPA appreciates the patience and professionalism shown by the other teams and athletes affected by these proceedings.

"WPA is unable to provide further substantive comment at this point in time," it concluded.

Shaw is yet to officially respond to the change in result.

Zac Shaw- Getty
Zac Shaw- Getty

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Yildirim isn't the only athlete to lose a medal due to disqualification this week, with Italian rower Giacomo Perini seeing his bronze medal stripped from his neck.

Perini was disqualified due to his mobile phone being found in his boat after the race.

The Italian has pleaded his innocence following the announcement.

“I gave the phone to the jury so that they could see that the last call was from the night before, with the psychologist," he explained.

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“The rules do not say that you cannot bring the phone, but that you cannot communicate."

Featured Image Credit: Getty

Topics: Paralympics, Team GB

Tom Jenkins
Tom Jenkins

Tom Jenkins is a Social Editor and Journalist for SPORTBible. Specialises in Football and F1 but has experience covering a variety of sports such as MMA, Boxing and Cricket. Suffers weekly as an Evertonian.

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