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Ravi Rongali finished fifth in the men’s F40 shot put final while Rakshitha Raju crashed out in the opening round of the women’s 1500m T11 race on the third day of athletics competitions at the Paris Paralympics. Ravi, who won a silver medal at the Asian Para Games in China last year, threw a personal best of 10.63m.
India’s Ravi Rongali finished fifth in the men’s F40 shot put final on the third day of athletics competitions at the Paris Paralympics, while Rakshitha Raju was eliminated in the opening round of the women’s 1500m T11 race. Ravi, who won a silver medal at the Asian Para Games in China last year, threw a personal best of 10.63m. His performance, however, only managed to finish fifth.
World record holder Miguel Monteiro of Portugal won the gold with 11.21m while Battulga Tsegmid of Mongolia (11.09m) won the bronze. Reigning Asian Para Games champion Garrah Tanaiyash of Iraq won the bronze with a throw of 11.03m while Tokyo Paralympics gold medallist and reigning world para athletics champion Denis Gnezdilov of Russia finished fourth with 10.80m. He is competing as a neutral athlete at the Paris Paralympics.
The F40 category is for short-statured athletes. Earlier, 23-year-old Rakshita finished last among four runners in heat three with a time of five minutes 29.92 seconds. The top two finishers in each of the three heats qualified for the final. China’s Shanshan He topped Rakshita’s heat with a time of four minutes 44.66 seconds, while South Africa’s Loujain Coetzee finished second with her season’s best effort of four minutes 45.25 seconds. The T11 category is for visually impaired athletes. In this, athletes compete with the help of a guide.
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