Bronze instead of double gold: After his long jump victory with a world record, Léon Schäfer just missed out on his second success at the Para World Championships for track and field athletes. After an extremely exciting finish with five athletes, Schäfer finished third within 17 hundredths of a second on Monday in the 100 meters of the lower leg amputees. He ran a personal best of 12.18 seconds in the last competition of the World Championships. Victory went to Dutchman Joel de Jong, who needed just 12.09 seconds. 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 26-year-old. After long jump gold it was “definitely easier” for him. “The burden was off. I achieved what I wanted to achieve.” Germany finished the World Cup with five gold, two silver and five bronze medals.
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