He Misplaced A Leg Throughout Anti-Terrorist Operation In Jammu & Kashmir, Hokato Sema Is Now Paralympic Medallist

Landmine blast survivor Indian shot-putter Hokato Sema got here up together with his career-best throw of 14.65 metres to safe a bronze medal for the nation within the males’s F57 class ultimate on the Paralympic Video games in Paris on Friday. The 40-year-old Dimapur-born Military man, who had received the bronze medal on the Hangzhou Para Video games final 12 months, began with a mediocre throw of 13.88m earlier than he hit a purple patch.

The one athlete from Nagaland who’s a part of the Indian contingent on the Paralympics touched the 14m mark on his second throw after which improved additional with a heave of 14.40m.

Nevertheless, Sema, who misplaced his left leg in a landmine blast whereas collaborating in an anti-terrorist operation in Jammu & Kashmir’s Chowkibal in 2002, achieved his greatest throw in his his fourth throw, surpassing his private better of 14.49m on option to the bronze medal.

Iran’s Yasin Khosravi, the 31-year-old two-time para world champion and Hangzhou Para Video games gold medallist, clinched the highest spot with a Paralympic report of 15.96m, which he achieved on his fourth try. He missed rewriting his personal world mark of 16.01m by simply 5 centimetres.

Brazil’s Thiago Dos Santos took the silver together with his greatest throw of 15.06m.

Sema, who was inspired by a senior military official on the Pune-based Synthetic Limb Centre to take up shot put after seeing his health, took up the game in 2016 on the age of 32 and was quickly competing within the Nationwide Para Athletics Championships in Jaipur the identical 12 months.

The opposite Indian within the fray, Rana Soman, silver medallist on the Hangzhou Para Video games, completed fifth with a greatest throw of 14.07m.

F57 class is for subject athletes with motion affected to a low diploma in a single leg, reasonably in each toes or the absence of limbs. These athletes must compensate for vital asymmetry in energy from the legs however have full higher physique energy.