Paralympics: Gold again for Schaffelhuber, silver for Rothfuss and Eskau

Pyeongchang (SID) The Anna Schaffelhuber Festival in Pyeongchang continues: The “Golden Girl” of German disabled sports continued her incredible triumph at the Paralympics in Pyeongchang. After winning gold in the downhill on Sunday, the 25-year-old monoskier also won the Super-G in the sitting class. In Sochi in 2014, she had already triumphed five times and become the star of the games. Andrea Rothfuss (Mitteltal) took silver in the Alpine standing class as well as in the downhill and Super-G. In addition, flag bearer Andrea Eskau won the first medal for the Nordic athletes of the German Disabled Sports Association (DBS) after the "zero round" in the biathlon on Sunday: The 46-year-old from ZSC Magdeburg came second in the cross-country skiing over 12 km. But the focus was once again on Anna Schaffelhuber. "I still can't believe it. I had to look twice at the finish. It's unbelievable," she said after her second coup on the slopes at the Jeongseon Alpine Center. After her successes before the other three races, she was “extremely relaxed. I can now take full risks.” After her downhill gold, the paraplegic racer from TSV Bayerbach was “much looser” in the Super-G, as she admitted. Accordingly, Schaffelhuber won confidently in 1:34,76 minutes ahead of the Austrian Claudia Lösch (0,95 seconds behind) and the Japanese Mumoka Muraoka (1,34). Anna-Lena Forster (Radolfszell) came fourth. The 22-year-old fell shortly before the finish on the descent with an interim best time. Rothfuss had to admit defeat again to Marie Bochet from France. She was only 0,27 seconds behind Bochet (1:32,83). "I'm super happy and didn't expect it. That makes me want more," she said after the Super-G. In the Alpines, after a day of rest (Schaffelhuber: “I urgently need it”), the super combination continues on Tuesday. Schaffelhuber and Rothfuss are also among the favorites there. Gerd Schönfelder, the most successful starter at the Winter Paralympics, spoke with a smile of “Anna Goldhuber and Andrea Silberfuss”. In cross-country skiing, Eskau broke the spell with the Nordics. In second place, she was 32,4 seconds behind American Kendall Gretsch. "I'm super happy. I had doubts after Saturday. Now I have my medal and can approach the next races more relaxed," said Eskau." For the six-time Paralympic champion Eskau it was the tenth medal in her long and successful career. The paraplegic athlete, who also competes in handcycling in the summer, is also a 20-time world champion. There is still a small question mark over her participation in the 10 km biathlon on Tuesday. Eskau complained of slight pain in his arm on Sunday. In the biathlon on Saturday, however, the Germans did not win a medal in five races. Eskau had to settle for sixth place over 6 km. The best DBS starter was Alexander Ehler (Kirchzarten) in fifth place in the standing class over 7,5 km.

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Paralympics: Gold again for Schaffelhuber, silver for Rothfuss and Eskau

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