A silver medalist in Rio five years ago, Hiltrop achieved a total score of 253.1 to land her on the top of the podium. Natascha Hiltrop took gold during a shootout in the mixed 10m air rifle SH1. Rehm's medal was the fourth gold of a banner Day 8 for Germany. It was in the air, but I didn't make it happen,' he said, 'It really bugs me inside, even though I'm very happy about the gold.' Germany news This past June, Rehm bettered his para world record in the long jump to 8.62 meters. By comparison, Miltiadis Tentoglou won gold at this summer's Olympics with a jump of 8.41 meters.ĭespite winning gold on a wet surface on Wednesday, Rehm was unable to conceal his disappointment at coming up so far short of his record jump.

Rehm's exclusion from the Olympics came despite the fact that he had more than proven himself capable of competing on par with his non-physically challenged counterparts. Weeks later, Rehm is still waiting for the CAS to publish its reasoning behind the verdict, something that caused him 'sleepless nights and sapped a lot of energy' in the weeks leading up to Wednesday's win.

However, just days before the Olympics were due to open in July, the CAS upheld the decision of the global athletics governing body. The 33-year-old Rehm appealed the World Athletics decision to the Switzerland-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the highest global authority in sporting disputes. However, World Athletics (formerly known as the IAAF) rejected his participation. The German Olympic Sports Confederation had included him on its list of athletes to compete in the Summer Games, despite controversy over the question as to whether the carbon-fiber-bladed prosthesis on his amputated right leg gave him an unfair advantage. In a certain way, this gold medal may even be a bit more special than the previous two, coming just weeks after he saw his Olympic dream die. Since his international debut at the 2011 World Championships, Rehm has won gold in the long jump at every Paralympics, Worlds, and European Championships. He jumped 8.18 meters in the rain, winning by 79 centimeters ahead of France's Dimitri Pavade. On Wednesday, Germany's Rehm made good on those words, winning gold in the long jump for the third time in a row. That's the way it is, that's the way it will stay, and that's good,' said Markus Rehm, the man known as the 'Blade Jumper' in a recent interview with the German news agency SID. These are the Paralympic Games, I am a Paralympic athlete.

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