At the age of 41: First World Championship gold for para-rider Schindler
DPA
· 10.08.2023
Bei der WM in Schottland holte Matthias Schindler erstmals Gold.
After an operation twelve years ago, Matthias Schindler woke up with severe incomplete paraplegia. Today, he is the best para-cyclist in the world.
At the age of 41, para-cyclist Matthias Schindler has won his first World Championship title at the title fights in Scotland. The Regensburg-born cyclist, who is handicapped by incomplete paraplegia, won the C3 individual time trial on the road over 17 kilometres in Dumfries ahead of the British favourite Finlay Graham.
Schindler thus secured the second world championship title for German para-cyclists on the road, after tricycle rider Maximilian Jäger had won the T2 class the day before.
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