--- title: Watch: Race Walker Celebrates Win Too Early, Gets Overtaken description: Laura Garcia-Caro celebrated her bronze medal triumph a little too early, and was then overtaken before the finish lane. canonical: https://time.com/6986914/race-walker-laura-garcia-caro-celebrates-prematurely-overtaken-finish-line/ author: Rebecca Schneid article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-06-08T18:27:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T17:45:03.296Z article:section: Sports og:title: Watch: Race Walker Celebrates Win Too Early, Gets Overtaken og:description: Laura Garcia-Caro celebrated her bronze medal triumph a little too early, and was then overtaken before the finish lane. og:url: https://time.com/6986914/race-walker-laura-garcia-caro-celebrates-prematurely-overtaken-finish-line/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e607d4ceebc0921/698a57b286f68e21896f5385/GettyImages-2156536857.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 26th European Athletics Championships - Rome 2024: Day One og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch: Race Walker Celebrates Win Too Early, Gets Overtaken twitter:description: Laura Garcia-Caro celebrated her bronze medal triumph a little too early, and was then overtaken before the finish lane. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e607d4ceebc0921/698a57b286f68e21896f5385/GettyImages-2156536857.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A Race Walker Prematurely Celebrates Triumph, Then Gets Overtaken Before Finish Line > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Rebecca Schneid](https://time.com/author/rebecca-schneid/)  ## Rebecca Schneid Reporter Jun 8, 2024 6:27 PM UTC  Laura Garcia-Caro looks on in horror as Lyudmyla Olyanovska overtakes her at the finish line to win bronze in the women's 20 km race walk at the 26th European Athletics Championships on June 7. Laura Garcia-Caro looks on in horror as Lyudmyla Olyanovska overtakes her at the finish line to win bronze in the women's 20 km race walk at the 26th European Athletics Championships on June 7.Pier Marco Tacca—Getty Images  by [Rebecca Schneid](https://time.com/author/rebecca-schneid/)  ## Rebecca Schneid Reporter Jun 8, 2024 6:27 PM UTC As Spanish race walker Laura García-Caro approached the finish line of the 20 km race at the European Athletics Championship on Friday, she began to celebrate the bronze medal she was in good stead to win. She punched her fist in the air and stuck out her tongue cheekily, with the Spanish flag tucked in her shirt billowing behind her. Yet, in the last few meters of the race, the grin on the athlete’s face turned to shock and horror as Ukraine's Lyudmila Olyanovska crossed the finish line before her, winning the bronze medal instead of García-Caro. > [](https://twitter.com/bbcsport/status/1799198584828535168?s=46) “I am quite disappointed. The first part of the race I suffered, but (I did) recover and in the last 10 meters I thought I had it, but I didn’t,” 29-year-old García-Caro told local media, according to [Sky News](https://news.sky.com/story/spains-race-walker-laura-garcia-caro-overtaken-after-celebrating-bronze-medal-before-finish-line-13149763). “Now I have to assimilate \[what happened\] and heal my heart.” The video of Olyanovska overtaking García-Caro [has gone viral on social media,](https://x.com/bbcsport/status/1799198584828535168?s=46) with many viewers citing the moment as a lesson to not celebrate too soon. The race, which took place at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, finished with Antonella Palmisano’s gold for the host nation in a time of 1:28:08, her Italian teammate Valentina Trapletti 29 seconds behind in silver, and Olyanovska 11 seconds behind in bronze. After the race, Olyanovska thanked her country and her family. “Of course, I was tired in the last kilometer and last meters, but I wanted to win this medal for my country so much,” she said, per [European Athletics](https://www.european-athletics.com/news/palmisano-leads-emotional-italian-one-two-in-the-20km-race-walk-in-roma-2024), mentioning [Russia’s war with Ukraine](https://time.com/tag/ukraine/). “We train under very difficult conditions, it was very hard preparation but I am very glad I managed to bring a medal home.” Get alerts on the biggest breaking news stories [**here**](https://cloud.newsletters.time.com/signup?nln=breaking-news) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6986914/race-walker-laura-garcia-caro-celebrates-prematurely-overtaken-finish-line/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6986914/race-walker-laura-garcia-caro-celebrates-prematurely-overtaken-finish-line/"},"headline":"A Race Walker Prematurely Celebrates Triumph, Then Gets Overtaken Before Finish Line","datePublished":"2024-06-08T18:27:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T17:45:03.296Z","description":"Laura Garcia-Caro celebrated her bronze medal triumph a little too early, and was then overtaken before the finish lane.","url":"https://time.com/6986914/race-walker-laura-garcia-caro-celebrates-prematurely-overtaken-finish-line/","keywords":["Athletes","News"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e607d4ceebc0921/698a57b286f68e21896f5385/GettyImages-2156536857.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rebecca Schneid","jobTitle":"Reporter","url":"https://time.com/author/rebecca-schneid/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e607d4ceebc0921/698a57b286f68e21896f5385/GettyImages-2156536857.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"26th European Athletics Championships - Rome 2024: Day One","caption":"26th European Athletics Championships - Rome 2024: Day One","creditText":"Pier Marco Tacca—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/athletes/","name":"Athletes"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6986914/race-walker-laura-garcia-caro-celebrates-prematurely-overtaken-finish-line/","name":"A Race Walker Prematurely Celebrates Triumph, Then Gets Overtaken Before Finish Line"}}]}] ```