Tokyo Paralympics: Yogesh Kathuniya Wins Silver In Males’s Discus Throw (F56)

Discus thrower Yogesh Kathuniya clinched a silver medal within the males’s F56 match within the Paralympics right here on Monday as athletics remained India’s satisfied searching floor on the Video games. The 24-year-old, a B.Com graduate from New Delhi’s Kirorimal School, despatched the disc to a best possible distance of 44.38m in his 6th and closing try to clinch the silver. On Sunday, India had picked up a silver (top leap) and a bronze (discus throw), which is on grasp because of a protest. Son of an Military guy, Kathuniya suffered a paralytic assault on the age of 8 which left him with coordination impairments in his limbs.

Brazil’s protecting champion, reigning global champion and global report holder Claudiney Batista dos Santos received the gold with a best possible throw of 45.59m whilst Leonardo Diaz Aldana (43.36m) of Cuba took the bronze.

In F56 classification, athletes have complete arm and trunk muscle energy. Pelvic steadiness is supplied by means of some to complete talent to press the knees in combination.

Kathuniya received a bronze medal within the 2019 International Para Athletics Championships in Dubai with a best possible throw of 42.51m which additionally booked him a Tokyo berth.

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It was once all over his time on the KMC that his doable was once spotted by means of a number of coaches and he quickly got here beneath the tutelage of Satyapal Singh on the Jawaharlal Nehuru Stadium.

A couple of years later, he got here beneath the steering of trainer Naval Singh. He created a global report in F36 class in his first ever world festival in 2018 on the Para-athletics Grand Prix in Berlin.