Jolien Boumkwo took seventh place in the European Games shot put contest on Friday with a best throw of 16.58m. But if the Belgian athlete stood out in Poland, it is not especially for his performance in his favorite discipline. Because the 29-year-old pitcher agreed on Saturday to line up in the 100m hurdles to replace her compatriot Anne Zagré, injured and forfeited, and prevent her team from being disqualified even with the last place in her series. If her initiative did not prevent her team from being relegated to the second division, Jolien Boumkwo savored her moment, as she told Parisian-Today in France on Monday evening when she got off the plane.
