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“But then it was important for me to determine what to do next,' he said. Rehm had to make a tough decision about what his next step should be. I never imagined it would get that crazy.' “I was still there when I found out that the German Athletics Federation decided not to nominate me for the Europeans. I didn’t sleep that night and the next morning we flew to a training camp.

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“After the victory ceremony I went straight to the press conference and then I was directly picked up for the “Sportstudio” (a German sport TV show). But he didn’t catch me.”īecoming the first able-bodied athletics champion with a prosthesis, Rehm made German headlines and his phone did not stop ringing. He actually made the competition of his life, jumping six times over eight metres. “And then I hoped that Christian (Reif) would jump further. “Many had said before, ‘It’s ok for him to take part, but if he wins things will get crazy.’ “I was really happy and thought, ‘Wow, how did you do that?’ And then when I saw I was first the next thought was, ‘OK, now it’s going to kick off.’ “When the 8.24m came up on the score board, I was really surprised and so was my coach. I often proved I could get close,' Rehm said. My initial aim was to get past eight metres, 8.05m was the qualification for the EAA European Championships. “When I landed I realised I’d gone far, really far. The distance of Rehm’s fourth jump at the competition proved to be a surprise, even to him and his coach. I knew not everyone would like it, but I was mainly looking forward to a thrilling competition and a great challenge.” “It was a competition where I knew it would get really difficult and hard to prove myself. “When I found out, I was really happy and I was looking forward to being able to compete against the top athletes in Germany, it was such a great challenge,” Rehm said. When he originally qualified for the championships, there were some discussions on whether he should be allowed to take part and whether his jumps would count, but the German Athletics Federation gave the green light. Rehm competed against the top able-bodied German long jumpers at the event in Ulm, Germany, in July. The 26-year-old broke his own long jump T44 world record at the able-bodied German national championships, jumping an incredible 8.24m and becoming German national champion. Markus Rehm shocked the athletics world this year.

When the 8.24m came up on the score board, I was really surprised and so was my coach.

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