UNBELIEVABLE
Irish Sunday Mirror|July 31, 2022
Sophie gets an official apology for ‘ghost bronze’... and a fine
MIKE WALTERS
UNBELIEVABLE

TRACK CYCLING

BUNGLING Birmingham 2022 organisers have apologised to Sophie Unwin over her ‘ghost’ bronze medal – but still fined her £172 for staging a playful protest.

And the killjoy Commonwealth Games Federation still insists that the English para-cyclist will NOT receive a medal despite finishing third.

Unwin (right), 28, was left in tears after she and pilot Georgia Holt beat Scotland’s former Paralympic runner Libby Clegg and Jenny Holl in the women’s tandem B sprint on Friday, only to discover they would not be awarded bronze medals under competition rules.

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