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Posted: 2024-09-04T16:01:01Z | Updated: 2024-09-04T16:01:01Z

Team USAs Ezra Frech won two golds in two days at the Paris Paralympics , winning one event he expected to and one he definitely didnt.

The 19-year-old pulled off a surprise win in the T63 100-meter dash on Monday, coming from behind to grab gold in a photo finish . On Tuesday, he cleared 1.94 meters in the high jump, breaking a Paralympic record and topping the event like he said he would .

He had been counting down to winning gold in the high jump for 100 days on social media. But he wasnt expecting what happened in the 100 meters.

Im quite shocked, he said after Mondays race. Im still taking it in right now. I was definitely not expecting to go out there and win. I was treating this as a warm-up for the high jump, to get the blood flowing and have a good race.

So, he got his gold medal a day early, and another on Day 100 to boot.

Funny enough, I actually beat the countdown. ... But dont think that there is an ounce of complacency in my soul, he told fans on social media Monday. Tomorrow night, we complete the countdown, win gold again, and this is in the rearview mirror.