YEARS of living in a van outside the training centre have paid off for Thomas Wandschneider when he won a first ever Paralympics medal in the sport of badminton for Germany yesterday.
The 60-year-old Wandschneider secured bronze in Paris when he beat South Korea’s Jeong Jae-gun in straight sets, 26-24, 21-11.
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