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  • 3. Chemnitz Every Man Showdown Tournament

    3. Chemnitz Every Man Showdown Tournament

    On the 16th of November, I attended the 3rd Every Man Showdown Tournament. The tournament was held at the blind school in Chemnitz. A total of 23 people competed. One set was played against a random opponent over 5 rounds. The start was a bit bumpy. Some slow balls went in because I had trouble…


  • Inclusive Max Steger Sportfest 2024

    Inclusive Max Steger Sportfest 2024

    On July 28th 2024 I attended the inclusive Max Steger Sportfest with Xin. We ran the 800m. This was my first 800m run and I had a target time of 3:00. During training, that seemed reasonable after timed interval training. After warmup Xin and I did some progression runs to the target pace. This was…


  • German ParaAthletics Championship 2024

    German ParaAthletics Championship 2024

    I attended the German Para Athletics Championship in Erfurt on 15th of June 2024. This time I ran with Frank again. This time I had better preparation. The first of of the 3.75 rounds was a bit too fast again. So I slowed down a bit too much in the 3rd round. The last round…


  • Ludwig Jall Sportfest on May 11th 2024

    Ludwig Jall Sportfest on May 11th 2024

    I attended the Ludig-Jall-Sportfest in Munich Germany. I did 1500m with Chloe. It was a very hot day and unfortunately I was sick two weeks and had only 1 week of training. Especially on the last run on the straight I really felt, that I had a bad cold before. But thanks to Chloe and…


  • Starting with ClickSonar

    I heard about ClickSonar a long time ago. I always thought it would be too hard for me to learn. However, playing Showdown since last year showed me that I can train my hearing much better than I thought. So, I looked for a way to learn it and ended up with Juan Ruiz at…


  • Bavarian Paraski Championships 2024

    Bavarian Paraski Championships 2024

    I attended the Bavarian Ski Championships on March 8, 2024, at Großer Arber in the Bavarian Forest. Last year, I had a bad crash: I fell in the woods and had to be pulled out. I was a bit nervous about this. The weather was really warm, and the race was held at 10:00. My…


  • Path to the German Indoor Para Athletics Championships

    Path to the German Indoor Para Athletics Championships

    The German Para Indoor Championships were held in Erfurt on February 24, 2024. My name is Stefan Lohmaier, and I competed in the 3000m for the visually impaired category T12 with my guide, Frank Hitzelsberger. I have been running with the local club Munich at Achilles International Germany since 2019. Since finishing my first marathon…


  • Showdown Bundesliga Division C South Men 2024

    On February 3rd and 4th, 2024, I attended the Showdown Bundesliga Division C. If you don’t know what Showdown is, look here. I played in Group B. I had no experience playing in any tournaments, so I was eager to gain some. I only won one match. One loss was 11-9 in the 3rd set.…


  • LanguageIdent 0.3.1

    There is a bug in 0.3.0, that prevents from saving settings. This bug is fixed in 0.3.1 release.


  • LanguageIdent 0.3.0

    Someone pointed out to me that my plugin, LanguageIdent for NVDA, was no longer working with the NVDA 2024 beta. After some tests, I decided to switch the language identification library from langid to langdetect. This minimizes dependencies, and the plugin no longer ships with libraries in the addon. Next on the roadmap: translations and…