On the fourth day of the competition, the long-awaited jump to first place in swimming was achieved twice. Both winners secured first place with a final spurt.
Swimmer Tanja Scholz and Josia Tim Alexander Topf won the first two gold medals for the German Paralympics team within ten minutes. Scholz, who is paraplegic, took first place in the 150-meter individual medley in 2:51.31 minutes and secured the long-awaited first gold for Germany on the fourth day. Just a little later, Topf swam to gold in the 150-meter individual medley with a strong final sprint in 3:00.16 minutes.
Scholz was in fourth place after the backstroke event, fought her way up to third place after the breaststroke and secured the first gold medal after catching up with a Paralympics record. Gina Böttcher came fourth.
Topf was also in third place after 100 meters and overtook the Australians Ahmed Kelly and Grant Patterson in the last meters of the freestyle course.
Source: Stern
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