Etiket: disabled sports
Paralympics: Forster only fourth after the first run
Yanqing (AP) – Monoskier Anna-Lena Forster threatens to miss a medal for the first time in her fourth race at the Paralympics in Beijing. The super combined winner and two-time…
Skier Glötzner suffers a bruised shinbone during training
Yanqing (AP) – Skier Christoph Glötzner had to forego the start in the giant slalom at the Paralympics in Beijing after a training crash. The 18-year-old from Neumarkt in der…
"house destroyed": Ukrainian para-biathlete in concern
Zhangjiakou (dpa) – Concerns about the war at home weigh heavily on the Ukrainian biathlete Dmitro Sujarko at the Paralympics in China. “In biathlon you need a lot of concentration.…
Paralympics: Third medal for teenager Kazmaier
Zhangjiakou (AP) – 15-year-old Linn Kazmaier won her third medal at the Paralympics in Beijing. In the cross-country sprint for the visually impaired, the youngest German participant secured third place…
Silver in cross-country skiing: Second medal for Marco Maier
Zhangjiakou (AP) – Marco Maier won his second silver medal at the Paralympics in Beijing. In the cross-country sprint, the 22-year-old finished second on the Zhangjiakou course, 1.3 seconds behind…
Surprising Paralympic victory for Leonie Walter in biathlon
Zhangjiakou (dpa) – Leonie Walter is a surprising Paralympic champion in biathlon. The 18-year-old prevailed in the class for the visually impaired over ten kilometers on the Zhangjiakou cross-country ski…
Flag bearer Fleig wins silver in biathlon
Zhangjiakou (dpa) – The German flag bearer Martin Fleig won his first medal at the Paralympics in Beijing. The 32-year-old finished second in the sitting class in the 10-kilometer biathlon…
Forster brings first German gold
Yanqing (AP) – With a furious second run, monoskier Anna-Lena Forster won Germany’s first gold at the Paralympics in Beijing. Despite being six seconds behind after the Super-G, the 26-year-old…
No gold in sight: Forster only fourth after combination run
Yanqing (AP) – The hoped-for first gold medal for monoskier Anna-Lena Forster at the Paralympics in Beijing is a long way off. The 2018 winner, who started the race as…
Beucher “joyfully surprised” by the start of the Paralympics
Yanqing (dpa) – Germany’s association president Friedhelm Julius Beucher drew a more than positive conclusion from the first competition weekend at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing. “We were so happily…