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Personal bests and global benchmarks get smashed in Paris
By LI YINGXUE in Paris |
China Daily |
Updated: 2024-09-04 10:28
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It took 60-year-old Thomas Wandschneider from Germany 103 minutes to beat China's 24-year-old Yang Tong 2-1 in a para badminton men's singles WH1 match at La Chapelle Arena on Saturday — the longest badminton match in Paralympic Games history.
"For more than 20 years, I have been doing a lot of physical training and I always give 100 percent and more," he said. "I did a medical test five weeks ago and the doctor said, 'you have a heart like a 40-year-old'. I'm (almost)61. It's crazy."
