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Roxanne Trunnell Wins United States' First Paralympic Gold Medal In Equestrian In 25 Years 

Para equestrian rider Roxanne Trunnell has been leaving a mark on the world the entire year for the United States and proceeded with that pattern on her game's greatest stage Friday evening. 

Trunnell, on board Dolton, won the gold decoration in the individual test Grade I at the Tokyo Paralympics. Hers is the principal Paralympic decoration for the U.S. In equestrian since 2004 and first gold since 1996, when Vicki Sweigart won two golds in the Grade II occasions at the game's Paralympic debut. 

Trunnell and Dolton acquired a score of 81.464% to best ruling world silver medalist Rihards Snikus (80.179% with King of the Dance) and three-time best on the planet Sara Morganti (76.964% with Royal Delight). 토토사이트

Riding Aladdin, 60-year-old Jens Lasse Dokkan of Norway – the lone competitor to contend in every one of the seven Paralympic equestrian contests – was fourth at 75.929%. 

Trunnell has been riding ponies a large portion of her life and contended in healthy dressage before a presumed mosquito chomp would completely change herself in 2009. At 23 years of age, Trunnell turned out to be sick with H1N1 infection, which transformed into encephalitis. It made her mind enlarge, and a blood coagulation prompted a stroke. She was determined to have cerebellar ataxia, which influences her fine engine abilities and is the explanation she utilizes a wheelchair. 

Presently 36, Trunnell entered Tokyo positioned No. 1 on the planet across all grades and has stood firm on that foothold in her grade since the start of 2020, when she turned into the main American to acquire the best position in the game. 

The Washington state local was tenth at her Paralympic debut in 2016 with Royal Dancer. She collaborated with Dolton in 2018 and they rode to bronze at the World Equestrian Games, the game's identical to a big showdowns, soon thereafter. 

In January of this current year, Trunnell was the main Para equestrian to be granted the Whitney Stone Cup, an esteemed homegrown honor that has recently gone to Olympic greats Beezie Madden, J. Michael Plumb and McLain Ward. 

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In March, she and Dolton set a worldwide best score of 83.334%, then, at that point outmaneuvered it three months after the fact with 84.70% at the Tryon Summer Dressage CPEDI3*. The next day, the pair blew away its own reality record with 89.52%.