Swiss wheelchair racer Catherine Debrunner won the 5,000 metres to bring home Switzerland’s first gold medal at the Paralympics in Paris. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In 10:43.62 minutes, Debrunner set a new Paralympic record. This is the second Paralympic gold medal of her career for the athlete from Thurgau, who held the world record in the 5,000 metres earlier this year. She won gold in the 400 metres in Tokyo. Debrunner was overjoyed after her triumph. The silver medalist from the US, Susannah Scaroni, set an extremely fast pace. “I was always pretty much in the red zone. I then decided to stay in the slipstream for longer and then attack,” explained the former teacher, who has been fully committed to sport since 2022. After she and the American had broken away, the two rivals came to a small agreement. “She asked me if we could go fast together,” said Debrunner in the interview. From this point on, it was clear that the two of them would go for ...
