“Now even tears have come.” The Russian Paralympian could not contain his emotions while talking about his wife in the mixed zone

Russian Paralympian Andrei Vdovin explained to his gesture in front of a television camera before the 100m at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.

Vdovin reached the final of the 2024 Paralympic Games in the 100m distance (T37 class), with a result of 11.57 seconds in the preliminary race. The final will take place on Friday evening, starting at 20:20 Moscow time.

— Before the race, you made a nice gesture by kissing the ring and showing that you were making a phone call. What did that mean?

– This is my message to my wife. I always kiss the ring… Now I even have tears in my eyes. I speak now, but my voice is shaking. There are some problems.

– Can we talk about it?

– It’s better not now. Maybe after the final…

And it was through the telephone receiver that I said hello to my friends. We have a group of people who support me a lot. I said hello first to my wife, then to my guys. I don’t know how to say hello to my son. Footballers show with their hands how they rock a baby. But here I didn’t do it.

“I am in touch with everyone, we have internet everywhere. I even turned off Wi-Fi so as not to receive messages. I understand that everyone is waiting for my departure. And support is very important, but it is also necessary that emotions are not overwhelmed,” Vdovin told .

The Paris Paralympic Games will end on September 8. 88 Russian athletes are participating in the competition in neutral status.

The performances of Russian athletes at the Paralympic Games can be watched live on the family channels Match!, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

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