Disqualified from bronze three days ago, the 25-year-old’s next chance sunk to a level ‘so ridiculous that it’s funny’.

‘I have not been disqualified for cheating, but for being a person, for helping someone’

There’s heartbreak and then there’s this! A Paralympian being outrageously disqualified just metres from the finish line after a gruelling 42km...

There’s heartbreak and then there’s this! A Paralympian being outrageously disqualified just metres from the finish line after a gruelling 42km...

There was late drama at the Paralympics after a marathon runner was stripped of a bronze medal when she tried to help her guide who looked at risk of...

There was late drama at the Paralympics after a marathon runner was stripped of a bronze medal when she tried to help her guide who looked at risk of...

Australian runner Jaryd Clifford will go home without a medal after being disqualifed in one race and coming fourth by 0.01secs in another.

Australian runner Jaryd Clifford will go home without a medal after being disqualifed in one race and coming fourth by 0.01secs in another.

A visually impaired runner briefly let go of the tether to her guide after he cramped near the finish line, costing her a bronze medal.

A visually impaired runner briefly let go of the tether to her guide after he cramped near the finish line, costing her a bronze medal.