Tue Sep 03 06:25:37 UTC 2024: – Yogesh Kathuniya won his second consecutive Paralympic silver medal in the men’s discus throw F-56 event in Paris with a season’s best effort of 42.22m
– Brazil’s Claudiney Batista dos Santos won gold with a Games record of 46.86m
– Greece’s Konstantinos Tzounis won bronze with 41.32m
– Kathuniya overcame Guillain-Barre syndrome at the age of 9 and regained the ability to walk with the help of his mother’s physiotherapy
– Kathuniya is a commerce graduate with two Paralympic silver medals and three world championship medals
– Kathuniya’s toughest competitor, Dos Santos, broke the Paralympic record twice on Monday
– Dos Santos is a three-time world championships gold-medallist and held the Paralympic record in Tokyo with 45.59m

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