Tue Sep 03 12:26:08 UTC 2024: – Yogesh Kathuniya won his second consecutive Paralympic silver medal in men’s discus throw F-56 event with a season’s best effort of 42.22m
– Brazil’s Claudiney Batista dos Santos won the gold and set a new Games record with an effort of 46.86m
– Greece’s Konstantinos Tzounis won the bronze with a distance of 41.32m
– Kathuniya overcame Guillain-Barre syndrome at the age of 9 with the help of his mother who learnt physiotherapy
– Dos Santos is a three-time world championships gold-medallist and broke the Paralympic record twice during the event
– Dos Santos achieved the previous Paralympic record of 45.59m in the last edition in Tokyo, and also holds multiple world championship titles

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