NEW DELHI: Hokato Sema, a landmine-blast survivor from India, secured a bronze medal within the males’s F57 class shot put closing on the Paris Paralympics on Friday with a career-best throw of 14.65 metres.
The 40-year-old para athlete from Dimapur, who had beforehand received bronze on the Hangzhou Para Video games final 12 months, started with a modest throw of 13.88m. Nevertheless, he rapidly discovered his rhythm and surpassed the 14m mark on his second try, adopted by a formidable throw of 14.40m.
The 40-year-old para athlete from Dimapur, who had beforehand received bronze on the Hangzhou Para Video games final 12 months, started with a modest throw of 13.88m. Nevertheless, he rapidly discovered his rhythm and surpassed the 14m mark on his second try, adopted by a formidable throw of 14.40m.
Sema’s fourth throw proved to be his finest, as he exceeded his private better of 14.49m to say the bronze medal, PTI reported.
Soman Rana, the opposite Indian competitor and silver medallist on the Hangzhou Para Video games, positioned fifth with a finest throw of 14.07m.
The F57 class is designed for subject athletes who’ve a low diploma of motion impairment in a single leg, reasonable impairment in each ft, or the absence of limbs. These athletes should compensate for vital asymmetry in leg energy whereas sustaining full higher physique power.
