

Updated On: 05 September, 2024 07:39 AM IST | Paris | PTI
World champion Sachin wins silver in men’s shot put (F46) with new Asian record of 16.32m; says he is disappointed at narrowly losing gold medal to Canada’s Greg Stewart (16.38m), whom he had previously beaten at World Para-Athletics Championships at Kobe in May

India’s Sachin Khilari during the men’s shot put F46 final in Paris yesterday. Pic/Getty Images
World champion Sachin Sarjerao Khilari clinched a silver in men’s shot put F46 event with an Asian record distance of 16.32m as the country’s track-and-field athletes continued their unprecedented medal-winning run in the Paralympic Games here on Wednesday. Khilari, 34, achieved his best throw of the day in his second attempt to better his own Asian record of 16.30m which he set while winning gold in the World Para-Athletics Championships in Japan in May.
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