Woodhall claims Paralympic gold month after wife Olympic triumph

American Hunter Woodhall stormed to triumph successful the T62 400m astatine the Paralympics successful Paris, a period aft his woman Tara Davis-Woodhall won Olympic agelong leap gold.

Woodhall won successful 46.36 seconds astatine the Stade de France, up of satellite grounds holder Johannes Floors of Germany and Olivier Hendriks of the Netherlands.

The 25-year-old celebrated by hugging Tara, who was watching successful the crowd, successful a relation reversal of the celebrations erstwhile she took golden successful August astatine the aforesaid venue.

"I americium truthful afloat of emotions close now. It is truthful incredible," helium said. "I person been waiting truthful long, and gone done truthful overmuch accent and interest astir achieving this.

"This is simply a acquisition successful shooting for the stars and making large goals.”

It is the archetypal Paralympic rubric of Woodhall's career, having won bronze successful the aforesaid lawsuit astatine Tokyo.

He added: "My archetypal golden successful a large title and I couldn't prime a amended one.

"Tara has taught maine a lot. Before the Olympics she was penning successful her journal: 'I volition beryllium the Olympic champ, I americium strong, I americium fast.' I brought my diary with maine and the past fewer days I've been penning successful determination 'I volition beryllium Paralympic champion', and that's travel true."

Speaking aft Hunter's victory, Tara said: "I was truthful nervous, I was truthful pumped - knowing helium was acceptable to tally and however overmuch helium wanted to win. And present helium has.

"It was a imagination for america to some triumph golden and present we have. We'll beryllium wearing these golds for the remainder of our lives."

Woodhall came sixth successful the T64 100m earlier successful the Games, but saw the 400m arsenic his strongest event.

At the Paris Games successful August, Tara recorded a region of 7.10m with her 4th leap to unafraid her archetypal Olympic golden medal up of Germany's Malaika Mihambo and compatriot Jasmine Moore.