https://youtu.be/7zMW736zYKs Monday evening starting at 18:20
WPA Paris 2023 – 200m final T44/62/64
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WPA Paris 2023 – 100m Final T44/62/64
https://youtu.be/Wal9CWfY0ZI This Thursday at 19:35 This thursday night, if all goes well I will compete in the final for the 100 meter sprint during the World Championship Para Athletics in Paris. Please cheer for me where ever you are!
A Flying Start: Para-Athletics Season Kicked Off
Kimberly Alkemade shares her experiences from the start of the 2023 Para-athletics season. Learn more about the start of her 2023 journey here.
Goodbye 2022, you were quite the year
How I clean, tidy up, and straighten out my messy life
This year I cleaned, tidied, and straightened out what it takes to excel for the next two years. This year was not easy for me; nevertheless, this gap year was an excellent time to investigate and implement the necessary repairs. The start of my season felt good, and...
The start of the racing season
After the Camino I slowly started to build up again from three days to six days of training. In May, just before I left for a training camp in Crete, I was back in the full program. For this reason, we have decided to open the racing season later, on July 1. This is also the date of my aunt’s death and has been a difficult day for the past few years. It doesn’t feel that way anymore.
Then I took your hand.
Last March, I walked the Camino from Porto to Santiago de Compostela to find and lose something. I wanted to give a place to the heavy feeling that my aunt left behind and find pleasure in my sport.
Get ready, set!
In this post I reflect on what brought me to Tokyo, the challenges and choices that helped me become the fastest version of myself. I still have quite a bit to improve. But first the Paralympics
The journey to the top, is the journey to myself
When I look back on my journey to Paralympic top sprintster, the title should actually be; 'The journey to myself'. In elite sports you are dependent on yourself, so if you drop the ball physically or mentally, you will immediately feel that during the race. May 8, I...
Meeting in real life
Joep and I have produced a good winter training period, even though the current method was nothing like I’ve been used to these last few years. Because of this change in approach, I did not have a great feeling about my progress so far, until the training-camp in...
Who is the first female on the Xiborg V blade?
I've already run with it at the ONK Para Athletics, but I was not allowed to make it public at that time. That changes now: "My new blade is a Xiborg V." And, Xiborg is also a new partner for the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Xiborg supplies me with this...
Silver at the ONK Para Athletics
Later than expected, the party called ONK Para Athletics. This time it took place in Tilburg at AV Attila instead of at Eindhoven Atletiek. To be honest, I did not feel any pressure to perform. I thought 2020 was partly a disappointing year and I'm sure I'm not alone....