Yogesh Kathuniya, discus thrower, poses for photographs after successful the silver medal in F56 class at Paris Paralympics 2024, in Paris on Monday (September 2, 2024)
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India’s Yogesh Kathuniya clinched his second consecutive Paralympic silver medal in males’s discus throw F-56 occasion with a season’s greatest effort 42.22m on the ongoing Video games in Paris on Monday (September 2, 2024)
The 27-year-old hurled the discus to the podium-clinching distance in his very first try so as to add to the silver he received within the Tokyo Paralympics three years in the past.
Brazil’s Claudiney Batista dos Santos registered a hat-trick of Paralympic gold medals, creating a brand new Video games file with an effort of 46.86m in his fifth try.
Greece’s Konstantinos Tzounis received the bronze with 41.32m.
The F-56 classification covers limb deficiency, leg size distinction, impaired muscle energy and impaired vary of motion.
On the age of 9, Kathuniya developed the Guillain-Barre syndrome, a uncommon autoimmune situation which causes numbness, tingling and muscle weak point that may progress to paralysis.
Brazil’s Claudiney Batista dos Santos of Workforce Brazil competes through the males’s Discus Throw F56 Ultimate on day 5 of the Paris 2024 Summer season Paralympic Video games in Paris on September 2, 2024.
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He was certain to the wheelchair throughout his childhood however overcame the percentages with the assistance of his mom Meena Devi, who learnt physiotherapy to assist him regain muscle power to stroll once more. His father has served within the Indian Military.
Kathuniya is a commerce graduate from Delhi’s prestigious Kirori Mal Faculty.
In addition to two Paralympic silver medals, he has three world championship medals, together with two silver and a bronze.
On Monday, Kathuniya received’t be happy together with his efficiency on condition that he received the silver in Tokyo with a a lot better effort of 44.38m.
Kathuniya’s hardest competitor, the 45-year-old Dos Santos broke the Paralympic file twice on Monday, first registering 46.45m in his second try after which hurling the discus to 46.86m in his penultimate throw.
Dos Santos is a three-time world championships gold-medallist, and has additionally held the Paralympic file of 45.59m on this class which he achieved within the final version in Tokyo.
Slovakia’s Dusan Laczko completed fourth and final with a greatest effort of 41.20m.
