disabled sports place four and five: Paralympics winner Popow proud teenager
Paralympics winner Heinrich Popow was feverish on the couch in Leverkusen with his pupils with and had missed “his” almost in spite of the World Championship medal just proud. “Third place would have been definitely doable, unfortunately it was not to be”, the lack of because of a hamstring in the sole Popow the SID said, “But I loved the appearance of the guys.”
To surprise medal in the long jump at the Disabled Athlete Athletics Championships lacked the 18 years of age Leon Shepherd as the fourth at the end of nine centimeters, the one year younger Philipp Waßenberg in fifth 15 – and a bit also the mentor Popov, the next Markus Rehm biggest star of Paralympic sports in Germany.
“It is a pity that Henry was not there. With him you will always have fun, “the native of Bonn Waßenberg said:” And now he might have a bit taken the tension “Because maybe it was ultimately a certain extent, the nervousness, which cost the two Leverkusen teenager the medal.. “I jumped in this year already on, but it was my first World Cup, I was pretty excited,” said Waßenberg: “the Fifth place Therefore is super, mega cool.”
Also in Hannover born Shepherd – until his Knochenkrebserkranung and amputation six years ago a hopeful selection footballer – not quarreled, but was visibly satisfied. “I was happy to jump with the greats. That was very cool, “said the former after an encounter with Rehm back to Sport animinierte 18-year-old:” Medals have therefore played no role today “And Popov saw the competition exclusively positive at the end:”. They fought, and in to have been the age already at the men’s World Cup here, will help them enormously. “
For the big goal is clear. “I hope that next year we all three here are at the Paralympics in Rio”, Waßenberg and Shepherd said called “at least a medal” for this trio as the destination: “For this, we will work hard and push each other and a little annoyed – then what is “
In Qatar on Monday the entire German team remained after four gold medals, three world records and a total of twelve plaques on the first four days of competition for the first time without a medal.. The Berliner Thomas Ulbricht had the final 400m of the visually impaired missed despite a one-month preparation in Qatar, the Bonn Alhassane Baldé was 5000 m ninth.
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