The 2024 Paralympics in Paris will certainly finish without a medal forMerle Menje The 20-year-old auto racing mobility device professional athlete missed out on a shock in the marathon, yet the outcome went over.
Merle Menje from Mainz completed the 2024 Paralympics in Paris on Sunday (September 8, 2024) with a 9th location in the marathon. The 20-year-old auto racing mobility device individual, that had actually formerly been removed in the 800 and 1,500 meters and completed 7th in the 5,000 meter last, finished the 42.195-kilometer program with a time of 1:55.54 hours.
In her Paralympic marathon launching, she completed 14:04 mins behind the victor Catherine Debrunner from Switzerland.
Menje with excellent efficiency
Menje, that had actually taken a trip to Paris as the freshly crowned 800-metre globe champ with medal aspirations, attempted her ideal in the T54 course marathon. However, she was not able to stay on top of the favourites, that had actually taken the lead from the beginning. She rode the last couple of kilometres side-by-side with both Brazilians Aline dos Santos Rocha and Vanessa Christina de Souza, and in the last sprint she safeguarded nine location.
Behind gold victor and globe document owner Debrunner, Australian Madison de Rozario took silver. Bronze mosted likely to Susannah Scaroni from the United States.
The Swiss super star Marcel Hug won the guys’s race. The 38-year-old went across the goal initially with a lead of 3:40 mins, safeguarding his 4th medal at these video games. Hua Jin from China came 2nd, and bronze mosted likely to Tomoki Suzuki fromJapan
Minute of silence for Cheptegei
After the race, the sporting activity will certainly take a rear seats momentarily: According to a joint declaration by the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), there will certainly be a min’s silence after completion of the last marathon competitors for Rebecca Cheptegei, that passed away last weekend break. The Kenyan long-distance jogger caught her injuries in health center after an arson strike by her ex-boyfriend. Cheptegei was 33 years of ages.
