Tue Sep 03 00:25:27 UTC 2024: – India’s Yogesh Kathuniya won his second consecutive Paralympic silver medal in the men’s discus throw F-56 event in Paris.
– Brazil’s Claudiney Batista dos Santos won gold with a Games record of 46.86m, Greece’s Konstantinos Tzounis won bronze.
– Kathuniya overcame Guillain-Barre syndrome at age 9, learned to walk again with his mother’s help, and is a commerce graduate.
– Kathuniya’s performance was not his best, having won silver in Tokyo with a better effort of 44.38m.
– Dos Santos, a three-time world championships gold medallist, broke the Paralympic record twice on Monday.
– Slovakia’s Dusan Laczko finished fourth in the event.

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