Germany's Elena Semechin was just 0.02 seconds away from a gold medal at the para swimming world championships in Madeira, despite having just completed a fourth round of chemotherapy to treat a brain tumor.
Elena Semechin won gold at the Paralympics in 2021. It marked the most successful year in the athletic career of the vision impaired German swimmer. But then she got a diagnosis that turned her life upside down.
Elena Semechin won gold at the Paralympics in 2021. It marked the most successful year in the career of the near-blind German swimmer. But then she got a diagnosis that turned her life upside down.
Elena Semechin won gold at the Paralympics in 2021. It marked the most successful year in the career of the near-blind swimmer. But then she got a diagnosis that turned her life upside down.