“I gave everything for the Paralympic medal, I even broke a nail” – Kulinich-Sorokina

Participating in the 2024 Paralympic Games Anna Kulinich-Sorokina On , she said she gave her all to win a medal in competition.

Kulinich-Sorokina took second place in the javelin throw (F13) competition at the Paris Paralympic Games. In the last attempt, which was the best, Kulinich-Sorokina threw the javelin 38.10 meters.

The victory was taken by China’s Zhao Yuping with a score of 47.06 meters. She improved her own world record, set in 2019, by 46.00 meters. Austria’s Natalia Eder finished third (37.22).

— You didn’t expect that?

– I’m just shocked. It still gives me goosebumps. I gave it my all, it seems to me: I broke my elbow, I broke my nail. During the last attempt, the audience was so charged and invested that this was the result.

— I have updated my files several times. Because of what?

— No, my personal best is 42.72. But I haven’t thrown like that for a long time. Update of the best result of the season. Honestly, I didn’t expect it. After the first attempt, I thought the result was okay. But then it worked more and more. Our guys won medals at the same time. And I think: “Why shouldn’t I take a medal?” And here it is, somehow it came to me.

I felt like I was going to win a silver medal, but I didn’t know in which discipline. Before the sixth attempt, the position of the athletes was changed. And I didn’t start my attempt.

I felt the guys running next to me at 5000m, I shouted at them and I went for it. I get in line and I feel the force, this buzz.

The day after tomorrow I run 400 meters. These stands will help me. “I am sure of it,” Kulinich-Sorokina said on .

The Paralympic Games in the French capital will end on September 8.

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