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Germany’s Sophie Weissenberg and American Chari Hawkins were eliminated from the women’s heptathlon at the Paris Games after the first two rounds. Weissenberg clipped a hurdle in her warm-up for the 100-metre race, went down and didn’t start. Medical staff rushed to the track and she was taken off in a wheelchair in tears. The German federation said that she suffered a torn Achilles tendon. First-time Olympian Hawkins, meanwhile, was fifth after the 100m hurdles, but was heartbroken after she didn’t clear a height in the high jump after failing her three attempts at 1.71m. Hawkins finished eig…

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