Organisers of the Pulska Xica 10K night race in Croatia nearly had a non-starter on their hands when the inflatable arch through which competitors run at the beginning of the event collapsed.

Officials and participants were filmed on Saturday night (September 21) desperately trying to re-inflate the drooping arch and later attempting to hold it up so that runners to make their way underneath.

Eventually, the arch was inflated enough so that the event could get underway safely.

The start line race arch at the Pulska Xica 10k night race collapses just before the start of the race, leaving organisers frantically trying to re-inflate it and also trying to see if they could hold it up for runners to run underneath.