In his second Summer Games, the 19-year-old track phenom won his first event at the Paralympics in stunning fashion.
has flooded his social media accounts with a countdown of the days "until I win Paralympic gold." That countdown officially ended Monday when Frech stunned the world—and himself—by winning the 100-meter T63 race for his firstafter the win. “I’m going to run my all, lean at the line and see where I end up. I crossed the line, had no idea, looked up and saw my name first. Not what I was expecting but damn, am I hyped.
“The whole time I was telling myself, stay relaxed. Big moments, everybody tenses up. If I stay relaxed I can do something special and thank God I did.” After finishing fifth in the long jump, the 19-year-old took to the track yesterday in the 100 meter with many expecting that his gold-medal countdown would have to wait another day, with what is considered his strongest event coming in the high jump on Tuesday. Yet Frech came from the back of the pack at the start of the 100-meter T63 to finish first with a lean across the line in a personal-best time of 12.06, just two-hundreths of a second ahead of silver medalist Daniel Wagner of Denmark.
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