Chari Hawkins made headlines at the Paris Games but not the ones she wanted to see.
The American heptathlete was in hysterics at Stade de France on Thursday after a game-time decision during the high jump, the second event of the heptathlon, seemingly backfired and dimmed her Olympic medal hopes.
Hawkins “no heighted” — meaning she received no score — after she used all three of her attempts at the 1.71 meter mark and failed to clear each one.
The 33-year-old, making her Olympic debut, was captured hysterically crying and visibly shaking in a devastating video that took the internet by storm.
In the heptathlon high jump event, the bar begins at a height of 1.56 meters and is raised by 3 centimeters each time the athlete clears it.
Because Hawkins opted out of recording the points from the previous jumps she cleared — in hopes of racking up higher scores in her next jumps — she ended the event with no points.