Hilton Langenhoven joined the ranks of the Paralympic greats on Tuesday when he won his third gold medal in the Beijing National Stadium. The visually impaired athlete added the 200m T13 title in 21.94 seconds to his gold medals in the pentathlon and long jump, winning ahead of two Chinese runners who had the support of nearly 80 000 people in the stands.
Fanie Lombard, also won the men’s discus F42 final in 46.75m. He got off to a slow start, but he ran a good bend and entered the home straight marginally in front of Li Yansong. As he dug deep, he pulled away for a winning margin of 27 hundredths of a second.
Lombard took bronze in his shotput event earlier in the games, and his discus gold took his haul over four Paralympics to eight golds, making him the highest medal winner for South Africa with his two silvers and two bronze.
Adding the above medals, once again places us in 6th position with a total medal count of 26: 19 gold, 2 silver, and 5 bronze! Bring them on!
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