Hungary’s Luca Ekler breaks own world record twice to claim gold in Tokyo
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According to olympics.com, leaping into record books on debut Paralympics… Luca Ekler becomes Hungary’s first woman to win a Paralympic athletics gold medal after she breaks her world record twice in long jump T38 in the Olympic Stadium on Day 7 at Tokyo 2020.
Luca Ekler has become the first woman from Hungary to win a Paralympics athletic gold medal after breaking her own world record twice in the T38 high jump on Day 7 at Tokyo 2020.
From her opening jump, the world and three-time European champion made her intentions clear with a record-breaking leap of 5.60m. By her third attempt she had stretched this to 5.63m, and after that there was no looking back for her at the Olympic Stadium.
“It’s a dream come true. I can’t find any words to express myself. I am incredibly happy. It was my biggest win,” said Ekler. “I wanted to beat my world record and when I did it the first time, I was like, ‘oh my God’, I really did this.”
On being the first Hungarian woman to win a Paralympic athletics gold medal, she added: