Hunter Woodhall Wins At Paralympics, Joining Wife As Gold Medalist: 'Full Of Emotions' | EUROtoday

PARIS (AP) — One month after Tara Davis-Woodhall's Olympic title within the lengthy soar, her husband Hunter Woodhall, a double amputee, gained his personal Paralympic gold medal Friday on the Stade de France.

Davis-Woodhall's rush into the stands for a celebratory hug from her husband turned a viral second in the course of the Olympics, and the roles switched this time within the Paralympics.

Woodhall gained the T62 400 meters in 46.36 seconds, leaving Germany's Johannes Floors the silver in 46.90 and the Netherlands' Oliver Hendricks the bronze in 46.91.

Woodhall, who raced for the able-bodied monitor staff in school at Arkansas, additionally gained a bronze medal as a part of America's 4×100 common relay staff. This comes a yr after he didn't make it to the beginning line at Para world championships as a result of his prosthetics have been malfunctioning.

“This is like a fever dream,” Woodhall mentioned. “I am so full of emotions right now. It is so incredible. I have been waiting so long and gone through so much stress and worry about achieving this. When I crossed the line, I was like, 'Am I really first this time or am I still dreaming?'”

Yui Kamiji swept the ladies's wheelchair tennis competitors on the Paris Paralympics.

She gained the singles ultimate over Dutch favourite Diede De Groot 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 at Roland Garros.

The day earlier than, Kamiji gained her first gold medal within the doubles with Japan teammate Manami Tanaka. They beat De Groot and Aniek Van Koot.

“I just can't describe how big this is,” Kamiji mentioned. “Yesterday, after the doubles match ended, I wasn't satisfied. I started to think about the singles.”

Wheelchair tennis formally joined the Paralympics in 1992. Since then, solely Dutch gamers had gained the ladies's singles and doubles.

De Groot was the defending champion in each.

“I'm just really sad that I couldn't get the gold medal,” she mentioned. “The expectations are high. Unfortunately I couldn’t live up to it.”

Star Chinese swimmer Guo Jincheng gained a fourth gold medal at these Games.

Guo claimed the S5 50-meter butterfly in 30.28 seconds, a world and Paralympics file.

Two countrymen accomplished the rostrum, Yuan Weiyi and Wang Lichao.

The 23-year-old Guo, who doesn't have arms, has gained on-line recognition for his dolphin-like swimming fashion, which depends on the energy of his legs.

“I don't pay much attention to the Internet, especially international websites, so I feel very happy to be talked about on the Internet,” Guo mentioned. “I feel proud that the websites are paying attention to me.”

Overall, Guo has six medals from these Games and set two world information.

British biking star Sarah Storey claimed her nineteenth gold medal within the girls's C4-5 highway race.

The 46-year-old Storey completed simply forward of French teenager Heidi Gaugain in a dash to the road as each accomplished the 71-kilometer course within the Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois in 1 hour, 54 minutes, 24 seconds.

“I knew we had a great breakaway, we built up a good lead,” Storey mentioned. “Then Heidi Gaugain attacked with a lap and a half to go. Fortunately I spoke a bit of French so I understood what she was told. So I was ready to attack with her.

“I’m just delighted that my wheel was in front at the finish.”

Colombia's Paula Andrea Ossa Veloza was 20 seconds behind for bronze.

Storey gained the C5 particular person time trial for her 18th Paralympic gold on Wednesday.

She additionally gained the time trial and highway race on the Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and London Games, whereas she gained a girls's LC1/LC2/CP4 time trial in Beijing in 2008.

She has 5 extra Paralympic gold medals from the monitor, and but extra from swimming since she gained her first gold within the pool in Barcelona in 1992.

The Paris Games are her ninth Paralympics.

China set a world file within the 4×100 common relay, clocking 45.07 seconds within the ultimate.

It beat its personal earlier file of 45.09 from the heats.

The 4×100-meter common relay is a mixed-gender and mixed-disability race that includes two males and two girls with totally different disabilities.

Each staff begins with a visually impaired athlete, adopted by an amputee sprinter, then an athlete with cerebral palsy, and finishes with a wheelchair racer.

China's staff was Zhou Guohua, Wang Hao, Wen Xiaoyan and Hu Yang.

Britain was second and the United States third.

Iran defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-1 within the sitting volleyball ultimate for a second successive gold medal.

Iran has gained eight Paralympic golds in sitting volleyball since its first on the 1988 Seoul Games.

In the ultimate, Iran's Morteza Mehrzadselakjani was the highest scorer with 27 factors. Mehrzadselakjani is the world's second-tallest man at 8-foot-1 (2.46 meters). Even when he's sitting, he's greater than 6 toes (1.8 meters) together with his arms raised.

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