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Anna Lena Forster
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With a furious second run, monoskier Anna-Lena Forster won Germany's first gold at the Paralympics in Beijing.
Despite being six seconds behind after the Super-G, the 26-year-old from Radolfzell still won the Super-Combined in Pyeongchang in 2018 and after the final slalom was 0.77 seconds ahead of Momoka Muraoka.
The Japanese won the first two disciplines in China ahead of Forster, Muraoka won silver and the Chinese Liu Sitong secured bronze.
Forster is also the favorite in the slalom on the final day on Sunday.
Noemi Ristau in the visually impaired class and Andrea Rothfuss in the standing class were eliminated in the first round.
Anna-Maria Rieder took fourth place in Rothfuss' class.
A German athlete also cheers in cross-country skiing
Linn Kazmaier previously won the silver medal in cross-country skiing at the Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing.
After finishing second in the biathlon sprint, the 15-year-old with guide Florian Baumann was only beaten by the Ukrainian Oxana Schischkowa over 15 kilometers of the visually impaired, 56.5 seconds behind.
18-year-old Leonie Walter (+2:40.6 minutes) won bronze with guide Pirmin Strecker in the same race.
So far, the German para athletes have collected eight medals, including Forster's victory, five silver medals and two bronze medals.
The Paralympics end on March 13th.
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