The 27-year-old Yogesh Kathuniya had claimed silver medal in Tokyo 2020, as well as the World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe this year
India's Yogesh Kathuniya bagged his second successive Paralympics silver medal at Paris 2024 on Monday (September 2). The 27-year-old para athlete came up with a season-best effort of 42.22m to finish second in the men's discus throw F56 final behind Brazil's Claudiney Batista, who had a peak of a 46.86m. (Full Coverage | More Sports News)
Yogesh had claimed silver medal in Tokyo 2020, as well as the World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe this year.
Defending champion Claudiney Batista secured a hat-trick of Paralympic gold medals, creating a new Games record of 46.86m in the process, with his fifth attempt. Greece's Konstantinos Tzounis bagged the bronze with a best throw of 41.32m.
The F56 is a seating field event class for athletes with disabilities. People with amputations and spinal cord injuries take part in this classification.