Franziska Matile-Dörig wins her first medal at the Paralympics. The rider from Appenzell secures bronze in the road time trial in Paris.
04.09.2024, 09:09
04.09.2024, 09:35
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The medal win comes as no surprise. The 32-year-old Matile-Dörig was one of the favorites. A year ago at the European Championships in Rotterdam, she won the title in both the road race and her preferred discipline, the time trial.
In Paris, the rider from Appenzell, who has lived in Winterthur for some time, made a fierce start in the 14.1 kilometer time trial with over 140 meters of climbing. After 5.8 kilometers, she led the intermediate classification by 2.8 seconds ahead of the eventual winner Samantha Bosco from the USA, but then suffered a little for her efforts.
"Halfway through the distance, I realized that it was going to be tough. But I knew that I could compete for the medals. The fact that it worked out now makes me overjoyed." The physiotherapist missed out on gold by five seconds and silver by just 17 hundredths.
