Amanda Kotaja conquered the 100 meters world championship for the third time.
Wheelchair winder Amanda Kotaja already won her third 100-meter world championship in the women’s T54 category at the WC para-athletics. Kotaja’s winning time against a light headwind was a new race record of 15.96.
– I have to say, it hasn’t been the easiest week. I’m super happy when I was able to perform hard in a tight spot, Kotaja, who suffered from a sinus infection, told .
of Mauritius Noemi Alphonse got silver in 16.05 and ME woman, USA Tatyana McFadden bronze with a time of 16.11.
– At the start, I thought, what a joke, how great it is to be in this row, where there are the best in the world and I’m fighting for the gold. I was able to defend the championship and I am proud of myself, rejoiced Kotaja, who will participate in the 400 meters on Saturday.
In the preliminaries, Kotaja still kept his condition hidden, content to win his heat in the fourth fastest time of the preliminaries with 16.69.
Kotaja has previously won the sprint world championship in 2017 and 2019. He is also a three-time European champion of the same distance. In addition, he has gold medals from other trips.
Vilma Berg finished seventh in the class 38 women’s 200m. Berg’s time of 30.48 was only 0.02 seconds behind his own Finnish record. Hungarian Luca Ekler ran a new world record 25.78.