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WPAC 2025: Yogesh Kathuniya Secures Silver In Men’s Discus F56 Event

By IANS News September 30, 2025 • 12:04 PM View: 200

World Para Athletics Championships: India's two-time Paralympic medallist Yogesh Kathuniya secured the silver medal in the men’s discus throw F56 event at the World Para Athletics Championships 2025 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Monday.

The 28-year-old, who bagged the silver in the 2020 and 2025 Paralympics, registered the best effort of 42.49m, which came in his second attempt, to finish behind 2012 and 2016 Paralympic medalist Claudiney Batista, whose best effort of 45.67m won him a gold medal. Meanwhile, Greece’s Konstantinos Tzounis finished third with a throw of 39.97m.

This is Yogesh’s third successive silver medal in the world championships, after already winning it in the 2023 and 2024 editions in France and Japan, respectively.

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