Tue Sep 03 15:47:54 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 in Paris
– Brazil’s Claudiney Batista dos Santos secured a hat-trick of Paralympic gold medals and set a new Games record of 46.86m
– Greece’s Konstantinos Tzounis won the bronze with 41.32m
– Kathuniya overcame Guillain-Barre syndrome at the age of 9 and his mother helped him regain muscle strength to walk again
– Kathuniya has two Paralympic silver medals and three world championship medals
– Dos Santos broke the Paralympic record twice on Monday, first registering 46.45m and then 46.86m
– Dos Santos is a three-time world championships gold-medallist and held the previous Paralympic record of 45.59m
– Slovakia’s Dusan Laczko finished fourth with a best effort of 41.20m

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