The prosthesis sprinter Felix Streng and Johannes Floors ensured a German double victory at the World Cup in New Delhi. Strictly prevailed over the 100 m of the start class T64 with 10.73 seconds in front of his compatriot, who stayed out of the lead with 10.75 seconds four hundredths over his time. As usual, the one -sided amputated strictly came from the starting block as usual, the catch -up of the floors amputated on both sides was still enough for silver. Both made Paralympics winners Sherman Isidro Guity Guity from Costa Rica, who finished third in 10.93 seconds.
This means that the German Disabled Sports Association is on five medals after the fourth competition day. On Tuesday morning, Niko Kappel provided the first German title in India with his third World Cup triumph in the shot put. The small -growing athlete from VfB Stuttgart secured gold again at 13.34 meters after 2017 and 2024. For the 30-year-old, it was the ninth World Cup medal since his 2015 debut.
“Everything hurts. My elbow, my fingers, everything. But that’s afraid. Today it was about the title. And we won it. That’s why I am extremely relieved,” said Rio’s Paralympics winner in 2016 after the competition: “Today I bitten my teeth and knocked out everything. But that was on the last groove.”
Streng had already triumphed over 100 m at the Paralympics in 2021, but the World Cup title in the royal discipline was still missing. In 2019 and 2023 he took third place at the World Championships, and his only World Cup gold medal was in 2015 with the season. Floors had already won over 100 m World Cup gold in 2019, overall he won his third medal over this distance. The 30-year-old in India is again a house-high favorite over the stadium round.
In addition, on Tuesday there was bronze for Andreas Walser in the long jump of the class T12, Charleen Kosche landed in the podium in the podium in the shot put of the F34 with 18 centimeters behind. On Monday, Leon Schäfer also won the first German medal in India’s capital in the long jump with silver.