Andrea Rothfuss still struck at her fifth Paralympics: The 32-year-old won bronze in the standing class. It is her 14th Paralympic medal overall. Anna-Maria Rieder was fifth. “Chapeau! The omens weren’t based on a medal, but she has surpassed herself”said the seven-time Paralympic champion and sports show expert Anna Schaffelhuber.
One gold, nine silver, four bronze – that’s Rothfuss’ record after five Paralympics participation. At the end of the games, she will start in the slalom on Saturday (03/12/2022). In this discipline she became the 2014 Paralympic champion in Sochi.
The new Paralympic champion is the Chinese Mengqiu Zhang. She won with a clear lead of 5.83 seconds over Canadian Mollie Jepsen.
Forster frustration: fourth place
Surprisingly, Anna-Lean Forster, winner of the super station wagon and two-time silver medalist, did not make it onto the podium this time. In the seated class, she ended up in thankless fourth place. Six hundredths of a second were missing from bronze.
The Japanese Momoka Muraoka is already celebrating her third Paralympic gold in Beijing. Silver and bronze went to the Chinese Sitong Liu and Wenjing Zhang.
Source: red/dpa