TOKYO (Associated Press) — After her silver coup, discus thrower Kristen Budens clapped her hands excitedly and shed tears of emotion. The 28-year-old surprisingly won the silver medal at the Olympics and gave German athletes their first medal in Tokyo.
Bowdens finished second with a personal best result of 66.86 meters at the fifth attempt. She then raised the German flag and presented her eye-catching tattoo on its tip to the cameras.
“I still can’t quite believe it. Let’s see how long it will take for me to think: ‘Yeah, I just got the silver,'” said Bodens, who had only finished in the top eight. “It’s absolutely amazing.”
Victory with the slogan: “All or nothing”
Budens, who repeatedly suffered from Achilles tendon problems that year, gave German discus throwers their first medal since Elke Willowa won gold in 1996 in Atlanta. “Really? Crazy!” Bodens said, amazed at the historical dimension of its success.
Weluda was not surprised by Budens’ coup. “That was no surprise to me,” said the 52-year-old from Halle/Saale, who knows Bodens’ father well since his active days. “Kristen has made excellent progress this year. I hope the women’s situation will stabilize now and things will move forward a little bit.”
American Valarie Allmann (68.98) was the Olympic champion in the competition affected by an hour-long rain break, while Yemi Perez of Cuba came third (65.72). “I tried to stay calm and use the break to get off,” Bodens said of her snack break. After that was the slogan: “All or nothing”.
Marek Steinaker of Leverkusen came eighth with 62.02 metres. Claudine Vita of New Brandenburg missed the final of the best eight bowlers in ninth (61.80 metres). Croatian Olympic champion Sandra Berkowicz in 2012 and 2016 came fourth (65.01) this time without the precious metal.
2nd grade winner
Disc shooters’ patience is severely tested. Because in the rain-soaked cage, Portuguese Liliana Ca slipped on her third attempt, and then it started raining heavily. The competition stopped for about an hour. Then Bowdens made a silver discus show.
“I’m curious what’s going on on the mobile,” said Bowdens, who did not have a cell phone with her on the field. “I know very few people have seen this. I feel proud that I was able to introduce myself there.”
Somehow, on this memorable night, the player followed her motto as she tattooed the upper half of her right tip: “How we live is what makes us who we are.” This means something like: “How we live makes us who we are.”
Pudenz has been in Potsdam for 11 years and is trained by Jörg Schulte. The discus athlete said it’s been going really well for her for three years. “I have watched from the second grade for many years and it has made me strong in this moment. Now I feel so proud that it all paid off.” And how! Meanwhile, Bodens was looking forward to the pizza as a little reward.
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