Her horse had problems with the backdrop of the Palace Park at Versailles. That’s why Heidemarie Dresing finished fourth at the Paralympics. In table tennis, however, she won another medal.
The oldest German para-athlete, Heidemarie Dresing, narrowly missed out on a medal at the start of the dressage competitions at the Games in the French capital Paris. The 69-year-old opened the competition and came fourth in starting class II with Dooloop. She was 0.311 percentage points short of bronze.
“I’m a little sad, a little disappointed. But on the other hand, I’m also proud that I managed to do it,” said Dresing. “It was very loud in the stands and my horse didn’t like it in the warm-up area. He was always distracted, very tense and nervous.”
Something to count for Schmidberger again
Table tennis player Thomas Schmidberger secured the next medal early. With a 3-0 win over Frenchman Florian Merrien, the paraplegic player from Borussia Düsseldorf is not only in the semi-finals, but can at least look forward to bronze. Schmidberger already won silver in the doubles with Valentin Baus.
The German sitting volleyball players lost the final group match against gold contender Iran with the 2.46 meter tall Morteza Mehrzadselakjani in three straight sets with 0:3. Christoph Herzog’s team had already qualified for the round of the best four. Their opponent in the semifinals on Thursday is Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Source: Stern
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