Tue Sep 03 08:26:49 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 his third Paralympic gold medal and set a new Games record with an effort of 46.86m
– Greece’s Konstantinos Tzounis won bronze with a distance of 41.32m
– F-56 classification covers limb deficiency, leg length difference, impaired muscle power, and impaired range of movement
– Kathuniya overcame Guillain-Barre syndrome at the age of 9 with the help of his mother who learned physiotherapy
– Kathuniya is a commerce graduate from Kirori Mal College in Delhi and has won three world championship medals
– Dos Santos broke the Paralympic record twice on Monday, registering 46.45m and 46.86m
– Dos Santos is a three-time world championships gold-medallist and has held the Paralympic record in this category
– Slovakia’s Dusan Laczko finished fourth with a best effort of 41.20m

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