Compare with the Eriksen case: Paralympics participant collapses - German doctors save his life

Two German doctors became heroes at the Paralympics in Tokyo.

One participant collapsed, the two reacted with lightning speed.

Tokyo - The Christian Eriksen case shook the sports world.

The footballer collapsed in the Danes’s first European Championship group game against Finland shortly before half-time without any outside interference and was resuscitated on the field.

Minutes that felt like hours for everyone involved.

A cruel scene, the images of which do not disappear anytime soon.

A comparable case has now arisen in Tokyo at the Paralympics.

And two German doctors were there to save the life of a Belgian tennis player.

The athlete collapsed in the Paralympic village, but Anja Hirschmüller and Stefan Sevenich were able to reanimate the Belgian with the help of a Brazilian colleague, according to Friedhelm Julius Beucher, President of the German Disabled Sports Association (DBS).

Like the Erkisen case: Paralympics participant collapses - German doctors rush to help

The Belgian was able to be stabilized in the hospital.

A defibrillator has now been used.

"He is on the mend," said Beucher after talks with the Belgian association.

He drew comparisons to the case of professional footballer Christian Eriksen.

The Dane collapsed on the pitch at the EURO and had to be revived.

“The best moment was that two of our doctors saved the life of a Belgian athlete.

In such a situation everything stops, the sporting competition is a long way off for a moment, ”Beucher said in an interview with SID.

"You were the first to see him and helped him regain consciousness," said a spokesman for the Belgian Association of the German Press Agency on Saturday.

“We are very, very grateful to them.

Maybe they saved his life. "

Paralympics participant collapses, but meanwhile "he's fine"

The former world number one collapsed on Wednesday evening in the athletes' village in Tokyo and was taken to the emergency room.

"He's fine," said the spokesman on Saturday.

"But he will have to stay in the hospital for a few more days." There is still no precise diagnosis.

But it was also decided not to make details public.

The German delegation is housed in the athletes' village in the same building as the Belgian one. Friedhelm Julius Beucher, the President of the German Disabled Sports Association, told the dpa: “Anja Hirschmüller and Stefan Sevenich may have saved a human life. It's worth more than any medal. I will go to the village tonight, bring Anja the Belgian sparkling wine and, despite Corona, take

arms. ”