Tag: medal
Silver hero Anna Benson’s big revenge in the Paralympics – beautiful words after the medal success: “Not afraid anymore”
PHOTO: Bildbyrån Silver in Tokyo 2021. Silver in Paris 2024.Swedish shooter Anna Benson continues to win medals in the Paralympics.– It means a lot, she says. In the 50 meter…
“I want a gold medal for the country and for all disabled people around the world”
If children met Paralympic athletes, what questions would come to mind? This is the idea of our special series “Children’s World” broadcast on the occasion of the Paris 2024 Paralympic…
Bronze Day in Finland! Amanda Kotaja burst into tears about her medal – “I would lie if I said so” | Sport
Amanda Kotaja’s Paralympic medal is the second in her career. Joel Sippola, Emma Jump 21:41•Updated 22:05 Amanda Kotaja achieved Finland’s third medal at the Paris Paralympics. She finished third in…
Leo-Pekka Tähti won bronze! The eighth Paralympic medal of his career | Sport
Leo-Pekka Tähti won Paralympic bronze in 100 meters. Joel Sippola, Emma Jump 20:31•Updated 21:05 Track winder Leo-Pekka Tähti has already achieved his eighth Paralympic medal. The Finnish champion was third…
Toni Piispanen revealed the fierce background of the silver medal in the festive mood: “I couldn’t fit in the winding wheelchair” | Sports in a nutshell
Track and field athlete Toni Piispanen won the fourth Paralympic medal of his career in Paris, even though his preparations were disrupted by a broken femur in the spring. The…
Cycling: Sweden’s first medal in the Paralympics in Paris – Anna Beck takes bronze in the tempo race
It took a week, then there it was – the first Swedish medal in the Paralympics. 44-year-old Anna Beck from Kil was the one who finally broke the medal drought.…
Paralympic Games: At 60, a historic bronze medal for German Thomas Wandschneider
Germany’s Thomas Wandschneider is the first representative of his country to win a medal in badminton, bronze in the wheelchair category. Bronze, obtained by beating South Korea’s Jaegun Jeong in…
Paralympic silver for Toni Piispa! – Finland’s medal account open | Sports in a nutshell
Track and field athlete Toni Piispanen, 48, won silver in the 200-meter T51 class of track and field on Tuesday. Toni Piispanen finished second in the 200 meter race with…
Dual citizen Tomas Järvinen will fight for a World Cup medal already next year – the road to representing Finland became tortuous | Sport
Many remember Eduard Hämäläinen. Through his great-grandfather, who moved from Joroi to Russia, the Finnish-born 10-match star was quickly granted the right to represent Finland in 1997. In 1997, in…
Table tennis: Anja Händén has no chance in the Paralympics quarter-finals – misses out on a medal
The Swedish table tennis player, who has already been knocked out of the women’s doubles and mixed doubles, defeated the meritorious Chinese Chunxiao Hou in straight sets (11-5, 11-6, 11-9)…