Yogesh Kathuniya competes through the males’s discus throw F56 Closing on day 5 of the Paris 2024 Summer season Paralympic Video games at Stade de France in Paris, on September 2, 2024.
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A second consecutive silver medal on the Paralympics will not be a feat Indian discus thrower Yogesh Kathuniya is simply too pleased about as he feels he’s caught with second-place end in a collection of main occasions.
The 27-year-old from Haryana produced a season greatest effort of 42.22m to complete second on the F-56 discus podium on the Paris Olympics on Monday.
However Kathuniya wasn’t happy along with his efficiency and he vowed to higher the color of his medal within the subsequent main event.
“Occasion was okay, I received a silver. I’ll work tougher to alter the color of the medal,” a relatively disillusioned Kathuniya stated after his occasion.
“For a while, I am successful silver solely be it Tokyo (Paralympics) or as we speak, World Championships or Asian Video games..in all places I am successful silver. Gaadi atak gayi hai (I am caught on silver). I believe I must work tougher. Now I would like gold.” The silver on Monday is Kathuniya’s fifth consecutive second place end because the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021.
He had picked up silver medals on the 2023, 2024 World Championships in addition to within the Asian Para Video games final 12 months.
Kathuniya, who developed the Guillain-Barre syndrome, a uncommon autoimmune situation which causes numbness, tingling and muscle weak point that may progress to paralysis, was wheelchair certain earlier than his mom learnt physiotherapy to assist him regain muscle power to stroll once more.
Kathuniya’s efficiency on the Stade de France was inferior to the 44.38m effort he produced at Tokyo three years again and in addition beneath his private better of 48m which he produced on the Indian Open, which is, although, not a World Para Athletics occasion.
“Right now was not my day, my efficiency is constant however as we speak I do not really feel that pleased. My household can be pleased, they should be celebrating.
“My coach has helped me lots. I did very effectively in coaching however sadly I wasn’t in a position to replicate it as we speak,” he stated.
The F56 class is supposed for athletes who compete in subject occasions from a seated place. Totally different athletes, together with these with amputations and spinal wire accidents, compete on this class.