Status: 07/17/2023 9:22 p.m
Léon Schäfer won his second medal at the Para Athletics World Championships in Paris. Born in Hanover, he ran to bronze in the 100 m sprint in a personal best of 12.18 seconds. A week ago, the 26-year-old won gold in the long jump.
The winner of the last competition of the world championships in the French capital was Joel de Jong from the Netherlands with a world championship record time of 12.09 seconds. Silver went to Brazilian Vinicius Goncalves (12.16). Schäfer also won bronze in the sprint at the 2021 Paralympics in Tokyo.
“I’m definitely proud to have won the last medal,” said the athlete, who grew up in Bremen and competes for Bayer Leverkusen. After the long jump gold it was “definitely easier” for him. “The burden was off. I achieved what I wanted to achieve.”
The 26-year-old won the twelfth medal for the German Disabled Sports Association (DBS) – one more than at the previous World Championships in Dubai. The German athletes secured five gold medals in Paris, two silver medals and five bronze medals.
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Born in Hanover, he set a world record and won gold at the World Championships in Paris. more
Floors with fourth consecutive world championship gold over 400 m
Previously, Johannes Floors had also won gold. Born in Lower Saxony (Bissendorf), who also competes for Leverkusen, he dominated the 400m race and ultimately won in 45.81 seconds, more than two seconds ahead of American Blake Leeper (47.84) and Dutchman Oliver Henriks (48.76).
Floors was only three hundredths above his new era world record and, like the last four major events (WM 2015, 2017 and 2019 and the Paralympics 2020) in which he competed over this route, won gold.
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Born in Lower Saxony, he successfully defended his title in the para-athletes title fights in Paris. More at sportschau.de.
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