India at Paralympics 2024, Day 5 Live: Yogesh Kathuniya wins silver in men’s discus final
Live updates from main events from Day 5 of the Paris Paralympics 2024.
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Athletics, men’s discus throw F56 final: Yogesh Kathuniya finishes with a best throw of 42.22m. As has been the case in the previous two Para World Championships and the Tokyo Paralympics, Kathuniya is unable get the better of Claudiney dos Santos.
Only Greece’s Konstantinos Tzounis is left in the final.
Athletics, men’s discus throw F56 final: Yogesh Kathuniya assures India of another medal in Paris and he does it with his first throw of 42.22m, a season’s best. He needs to make up another four metres to challenge for gold however.
Badminton, mixed doubles SH6 bronze medal match: Sivarajan Solaimalai and Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan lose the mixed doubles SH6 bronze medal match 17-21, 12-21 to Indonesia's Subhan and Rina Marlina.
Athletics, men’s discus throw F56 final: Yogesh Kathuniya is up next in the final. Claudiney Batista dos Santos, the reigning champion, broke the Paralympics record with a throw of 46.86m. In a four-man final, Kathuniya needs to throw more than 41.20m to assure himself of a medal.
Badminton, mixed doubles SH6 bronze medal match: Shaky start from the Indian pair, but they did recover a bit towards the end, as the Indonesian team took the opening game 21-17 in the mixed doubles SH6 bronze medal match.
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