Athletics: Thalita Simplício takes gold at the Paralympic Worlds in Paris

Paralympic medalist Thalita Simplício, 25 years old, won gold this Tuesday at the Paralympic Athletics World Championship in Paris () in the 400 meters sprint of the T11 class (exclusive for athletes with visual impairments), the second for Brazil in the competition. The runner from Rio Grande do Norte crossed the finish line in first place, with a time of 56s60. Silver went to Namibian Lahja Ishitile (57.18) and bronze to Colombian Angie Pabon 58s22. It is the second world gold in the athlete’s career: the first was in the 2019 edition, in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Thalita can be on the podium two more times this week. She returns to the track for the 100m rare event, at 11:12 am (Brasília time) this Wednesday (12) and will also compete in the 200m at 9:50 am on Saturday (15). THALITA IS A WORLD CHAMPION! 🥇🇧🇷 The Brazilian finished the 400m in 56s60 and became two-time champion in the race. The first one is gone, we are waiting for the 100m and 200m. We’re still in the crowd! Congratulations, Thalita! 💛💚 pic.twitter.com/B9CiewynyY — Brazilian Paralympic Committee (@boficial) July 11, 2023 With the gold won today (11), Brazil totaled nine medals at the World Cup: two golds, two silvers and five bronzes. In the last Paralympics, in Tokyo (Japan), Thalita won the silver medal in the 200m sprint, also in the T11 class. The day started with more good news!CÍCERO NOBRE IS BRONZE 🥉 in the F57 javelin throw after the gold medalist of the event had his mark contested due to an irregularity on Monday night, 10.Learn more: https:// t.co/iwyvcnL7sK*note updated 07/11 pic.twitter.com/qhoz2lAKQG — Brazilian Paralympic Committee (@boficial) July 11, 2023 Cícero Nobre inherits bronze medal Tuesday started well for Brazilian Cícero Gomes. He won the bronze medal in the F57 javelin throw today, after the gold won by the Iranian Amanolah Papi on Monday (10) was invalidated. The mark of 50.09m obtained by Amanolah Papi was reviewed after an appeal filed by the opponents. They claimed that Papi did not maintain the correct positioning at the time of throwing the F57 javelin (athletes who compete in a wheelchair due to spinal cord injuries, amputations or sequelae of poliomyelitis). With the exclusion of the first place, Cícero Nobre, who had initially ended the dispute in fourth place (48.31m), rose to third place. |Gold went to Turk Mummahet Khalvandi, who had won silver with 49.98m, and silver went to Uzbek Yorkinbek Odilov, 49.39m, who previously won bronze. “I was even a little surprised [de receber o aviso da medalha]. It feels like justice has been done. The technological resource detected after the test that the first place burned in the test. I’m very happy, my second Worlds in my career. Just happiness”, said Cícero, in a statement to the Brazilian Paralympic Committee (B) website.


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