24-year-old sprinter Athanasios Ghavelas celebrated his second gold medal at the Paris Paralympics yesterday, alongside his guide Ioannis Nyfantopoulos, after finishing first in the men’s 100 meters (T11) final.
Paris 2024 Paralympics – Athletics – Men’s 100m – T11 Victory Ceremony – Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France – September 5, 2024 Gold medallists Athanasios Ghavelas of Greece and guide Ioannis Nyfantopoulos celebrate on the podium REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Paris 2024 Paralympics – Athletics – Men’s 100m – T11 Final – Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France – September 5, 2024 Athanasios Ghavelas of Greece with guide Ioannis Nyfantopoulos and Timothee Adolphe of France with guide Charles Renard in action REUTERS/Christian Hartmann TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Ghavelas made history by securing back-to-back Paralympic golds, crossing the finish line with a time of 11.02 seconds. This victory follows his remarkable performance at the Tokyo 2021 Paralympics, where he set a world record of 10.82 seconds in the same event, guided by Sotirios Gkaragkanis.
French sprinter Adolphe Timothee claimed the silver medal with a time of 11.05 seconds, while China’s Di Dongdong earned bronze, clocking in at 11.08 seconds.
Paris 2024 Paralympics – Athletics – Men’s 100m – T11 Victory Ceremony – Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France – September 5, 2024 Gold medallists Athanasios Ghavelas of Greece and guide Ioannis Nyfantopoulos celebrate on the podium with silver medallists Timothee Adolphe of France and guide Charles Renard and bronze medallists Dongdong Di of China and guide Jiageng Lian REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Ghavelas’ gold brings Greece’s total medal count at the Paris Paralympic Games to 10, consisting of two gold, three silver, and five bronze medals.
