Paralympic champion Valerie Shabalina told that his coach Tatyana Novikova gave him a badge for beating British swimmer Poppy Maskill.
On Saturday, Shabalina, competing in the S14 class, won the 200-meter freestyle. Britain’s Maskill took silver.
– Finally, I beat the British! The coach said that if I beat the British girl, she will give me a badge. I did it and she gave me the badge.
— Do you talk to your child via video call?
– Several times a day. Today we cut our first tooth! — Shabalina told .
Earlier at the Paralympics, Shabalina won bronze in the 100-meter butterfly. A Russian woman became a mother in February.
The Paralympic Games in the French capital will end on September 8.
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Source : MatchTV
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