Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 12:56pm on 08 Sep 2024,Sunday Sports
Hokato Sema, a landmine blast survivor who lost his leg during an anti-terrorist operation in Jammu and Kashmir in 2002, secured a bronze medal at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. The 40-year-old Indian shot-putter from Dimapur, Nagaland, achieved his career-best throw of 14.65 meters in the men's F57 category final. Sema, who took up shot put in 2016 after encouragement from an army official, previously won bronze at the Hangzhou Para Games. Iran's Yasin Khosravi claimed gold with a Paralympic record throw of 15.96 meters.
