Woodhall Wins Paralympic Gold: Then American Hunter Woodhall won the Paralympics in Paris in the T62 400-meter race a month after his wife Tara Davis-Woodhall came out victorious in the Olympic long jump.
Woodhall won in 46.36 seconds at the Stade de France, second only to the World Record holder Johannes Floors of Germany and third to Olivier Hendriks of the Netherlands.
The 25-year-old hugged Tara, watching in the stands in a manner, swapping the joy she gave him in August when she won the gold.
“I am so full of emotions right now. It is so incredible,” he said. The stress and worry that I have endured in this waiting and my longing to get this have been so frustrating.
This is an example of a shoot for the stars lesson and large goals. ”
This is the first Paralympic title for Woodhall in this event after winning bronze at the Tokyo Paralympics.
He added: Both were from the same distance, which was probably best because it was my first gold in a major championship.
“Tara has taught me a lot. Before the Olympics, she was writing in her journal, ‘I will be the Olympic champ; I am strong; I am fast.’ I used to bring a journal with me and in the past few days here I’ve been writing ‘I will be a Paralympic champion’ and that has happened now.
Speaking after Hunter’s victory, Tara said: I was feeling really nervous, very excited, knowing that one is ready to run and just how much the kid wanted it. And now he has.
”It was always our desire to both come out with the gold and today it has happened,” and these are golds that we wear for the rest of our lives.”.
Woodhall finished the T64 100m earlier in the Games in sixth place but considered the 400m his best event.
Gymnastics: These Games Tara maintained a good performance during the Paris Games in August, measuring a record distance of 7.10 meters to clinch her first Olympic gold, ahead of Germany’s Malaika Mihambo and compatriot Jasmine Moore.
The first partnered with each other at the Olympics 2020 and Paralympics too; the young couple met in their senior year of high school at a track event.
Davis-Woodhall further embarked on track and field for the University of Georgia, which she later transferred to the University of Texas at Austin, where she competed until 2021.
Woodhall ran on the track at the University of Arkansas, where he became the Division I track & field scholarship recipient as the first double-amputee.
Woodhall was born with a condition called fibular hemimelia, which caused him to never form a lower leg bone known as fibula and at the age of 11 months, he had his legs amputated below his knees.
