Yannis Fischer surprisingly gave the German Disabled Sports Association its second gold medal at the Para World Championships for track and field athletes.
The 1.27 meter tall shot putter won the class of the smallest short stature with 11.43 meters. At last year’s Paralympics in Tokyo, the 21-year-old from Singen finished sixth.
Fischer overwhelmed: “Completely surreal”
“It’s kind of completely surreal. I still can’t believe it,” said Fischer after his success a year before the Paralympics in the French capital: “11.43 meters is absolutely violent. I never thought I’d have such a blatant can retrieve distance.” It was “a great honor” that he was allowed to lead the German team to the stadium in Paris as the flag bearer at the World Cup: “It was super nice and gave me a bit of motivation again.”
Fischer trains at VfB Stuttgart together with Paralympic champion Niko Kappel, who cheered for him loudly on Tuesday and on Wednesday morning will compete in the class for the taller, shorter players up to 1.45 meters tall. 14 hours before Fischer, long jumper Léon Schäfer had won the first gold medal for the DBS.