NEW DELHI: Hokato Sema, a landmine-blast survivor from India, secured a bronze medal within the males’s F57 class shot put last 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 gained bronze on the Hangzhou Para Video games final yr, 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 powerful throw of 14.40m.
The 40-year-old para athlete from Dimapur, who had beforehand gained bronze on the Hangzhou Para Video games final yr, 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 powerful throw of 14.40m.
Sema’s fourth throw proved to be his finest, as he exceeded his private better of 14.49m to assert 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 discipline athletes who’ve a low diploma of motion impairment in a single leg, average impairment in each toes, or the absence of limbs. These athletes should compensate for important asymmetry in leg energy whereas sustaining full higher physique energy.
