New Galician medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic GamesThe man from La Coruña joined Susana Rodíguez and Juan Saavedra this Wednesday afternoon. Damien Ramoswho was hung bronze to the test of road cycling time trial.
Damión set the third fastest time, crossing the finish line in just over 38 minutes (38:05.94), 47 seconds behind silver and more than a minute behind gold.
The cyclist from La Coruña thus climbs onto a podium in his Paralympic Games debut. In 2012 he was about to leave for London for a completely different sport like canoeing. After suffering a accident which left scars on one leg, he began training on the bike and competing in adaptive cycling.
After several years of performing at a high level, he reached his dream of going to the Gamesseeing the possibility of winning a medal in his favorite event: the time trial that ended up giving him bronze. A few days ago he already competed on the track, where he won a diploma Paralympic.
Damian still has a third race to go, this friday to the test of itinerarywho will be faced with the satisfaction of the objective achieved.
#Paris2024 | Departure for Damián Ramos in the C4 time trial of these Paralympic Games! 💪
👉 Two of the big favourites have yet to show up: Kevin Le Cunff and Patrik Kuril
📈 They will do two laps of the circuit to cover 28.3 kmCome on, #TeamESPcycling 🇪🇸! pic.twitter.com/xfs8CFyzUo
– Royal Spanish Cycling Federation (@RFECiclismo) September 4, 2024
