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One Olympic high jumper was reduced to tears after making a fatal error during the Paris Games.
Team USA heptathlon star, Chari Hawkins, admitted she was beyond 'shocked' after realising her monumental mistake which led to her scoring a disappointing zero.
The 33-year-old could be seen on camera lamenting: "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh. I don't even know what to do [now].
"I don't know what happened. I'm like literally so shocked right now. No! No, no, no."
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Chari's hopes of bringing a gold medal home were dashed after she did not complete her three attempts.
She made the decision to start her event at 1.71m - but she failed her first two attempts.
The athlete attempted to set the standard but, after two attempts, she was unable to lower the height to allow herself to score points and clipped the bar - despite her body clearing it.
Dame Jessica Ennis since shared her commiseration for Chari, saying: "It does happen, but it's so devastating.
"You put all that time and energy into being here, you start with the fantastic hurdles and then we see here on her third attempt.
"Her runway looked well, but she just stopped on her curve.
"Her speed completely dropped and she didn't create any height to clear that bar and it's devastating because that's the end of her heptathlon, unfortunately."
The Team GB icon continued: "It's the most devastating feeling in the world. Because you've put all that training [in] and you've prepared for that one moment.
"There's no going back after that.
"No height and you score zero points, there's absolutely no chance of bringing that back unfortunately."
Chari has previously opened up about suffering with anxiety telling E! News: "I was just having a really hard time.
"I couldn't take a full breath. And I remember going to the bathroom and crying my eyes out.
"Praying, 'Please, please, please, I just want to get this feeling taken from me and I'll do my best'. But I couldn't. I was so miserable and so scared."
"I learned that I'm not alone, there's nothing wrong with you if you do have anxiety," she added. "I learned that I was assuming that my worth as an individual, as a human, was directly applicable to my performance. If I performed well, I was worthy. If I didn't perform well, I wasn't. That was the first time that it clicked in my head. Ever since then, I haven't really had a full-blown panic attack."
