Tue Sep 03 04:56:14 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 won the gold and set a new Games record with 46.86m in his fifth attempt
– Greece’s Konstantinos Tzounis won the bronze with 41.32m
– Kathuniya overcame Guillain-Barre syndrome at the age of 9 with the help of his mother who learnt physiotherapy
– He is a commerce graduate from Delhi’s Kirori Mal College and has two Paralympic silver medals and three world championship medals
– Dos Santos broke the Paralympic record twice on Monday with throws of 46.45m and 46.86m
– Slovakian Dusan Laczko finished fourth with 41.20m.

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