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PARAOLIMPIJCI OVENČANI MEDALJAMA / PARALYMPIANS CROWNED WITH MEDALS HEROJI NACIJE HEROES OF THE NATION Zlatni / Golden Dragan Ristić TEŠKA SAOBRAĆAJNA NE-
SREĆA , jedan odsto šanse da pre- živi... Bile su najteže reči koje su 1999. godine čuli roditelji tada dva- desetogodišnjeg Dragana Ristića, čoveka koji je u Tokiju osvojio dve, a nedavno u Parizu „samo“ jednu zlatnu medalju. U francuskoj pre- stonici sa ponosom je otpevao „Bo- že pravde“. Hrabri Kragujevčanin nam je doneo jedino zlato malo- kalibarskom puškom na 50 meta- ra – ležeći stav. – Šta smo zaista uradili i koli- ki smo uspeh ostvarili vidimo tek kad se vratimo u Srbiju i zbog toga hvala svim građanima, Srbiji, što ce- ne ono što rade paraolimpijci, kao i Gradu Kragujevcu što podržava stre- ljaštvo. Nadam se da ću, kao i na- ši vaterpolisti, uspeti da ponovim rezultat 2028. godine u Los Anđe- lesu – rekao je Ristić. A SERIOUS MOTOR ACCI- DENT, with a one per cent chance of survival... Those were the most dif- ficult words heard back in 1999 by the parents of the then 20-year-old Dragan Ristić, a man who has gone on to win two gold medals in Tokyo and a “mere” one gold medal in Par- is recently. He proudly sang the Ser-
Paraolimpijci su nam još jednom ispričali svoje priče. Često tužne i teške, ali sve više sa srećnim krajem Our Paralympians once again recounted their stories for us. Often sad and tough, they nonetheless increasingly have a happy ending
bian national anthem in the French capital. This courageous Kragujevac native brought us our only gold, in the mixed 50m rifle prone category. “We’ll only see what we really did and how much success we ac- tually achieved when we return to
Serbia, and for that I thank all Ser- bian citizens for appreciating what the Paralympians do, and the City of Kragujevac for supporting shooting. I hope that I will succeed, like our water polo players, in repeating the result in Los Angeles in 2028,” said Ristic.
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