Pakistan’s Haider Ali received bronze within the Males’s Discus Throw F37 on Friday with a 52.54m throw, clinching his fourth Paralympic medal.
Uzbekistan’s Tolibboy Yuldashev took house gold with a large 57.28m throw, setting a private finest on his sixth try. Canada’s Jesse Zesseu received silver with a 53.24m throw.
A jubilant Ali may very well be seen taking his victory lap after the competitors was over, hugging the opposite medallists and opponents within the course of.
Ali led the sector within the first try with a stable 52.28m throw, his season’s finest for the reason that Paralympics marked his first competitors of the 12 months.
However Zesseu overtook Ali within the third spherical, with a 52.81m throw, shifting as much as first place.
Yuldashev then stole the highlight from each, with an enormous 53.48m throw within the fourth try.
However the Uzbek had a shock for the group — and himself with a whopping 56.03m throw in his fifth try, setting a brand new private finest.
The 21-year-old wasn’t accomplished for the day, throwing a monstrous private better of 57.28m in his sixth try.
Yuldashev’s gold follows his bronze within the Males’s Shot Put F37 final week.
Ali had a streak of foul throws in his second, third, fourth, and fifth makes an attempt, coming again robust in his sixth try with a 52.54m throw, bettering on his season-best set within the second throw.
The 39-year-old now has a complete of two bronze medals, one silver and one gold on the Paralympics, with Paris marking his fifth Paralympic Video games. Ali’s medals are additionally the one medals Pakistan has ever received on the Video games.
His first was a silver at his debut on the Beijing 2008 Video games within the males’s Lengthy Leap F37/38 with a 6.44 metre bounce.
On the Rio 2016 Video games, he clinched a bronze within the males’s T37 lengthy bounce. Like Paris, he was the nation’s sole participant and flag-bearer on the opening ceremony.
Ali lastly struck gold on the Tokyo 2020 Video games within the Males’s Discus Throw F37.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif celebrated Ali’s win with a press release on X, saying: “your braveness and willpower are a supply of inspiration for your entire nation.”
