icon bookmark-bicon bookmarkicon cameraicon checkicon chevron downicon chevron lefticon chevron righticon chevron upicon closeicon v-compressicon downloadicon editicon v-expandicon fbicon fileicon filtericon flag ruicon full chevron downicon full chevron lefticon full chevron righticon full chevron upicon gpicon insicon mailicon moveicon-musicicon mutedicon nomutedicon okicon v-pauseicon v-playicon searchicon shareicon sign inicon sign upicon stepbackicon stepforicon swipe downicon tagicon tagsicon tgicon trashicon twicon vkicon yticon wticon fm
1 Sep, 2012 13:28

Discus thrower earns fifth gold for Russia at London Paralympics

Discus thrower earns fifth gold for Russia at London Paralympics

Russia’s Aleksey Ashapatov has defended his Paralympic title in the men’s discus for athletes who use wheelchairs, and set a new world record with his victory.

The 38-year-old – who lost his leg in an accident ten years ago – threw a record 60.72 meters, racking up 1,043 points in all attempts.Czech thrower Rostislav Pohlmann scored 951 points to finish second, with Egypt’s Metawa Abouelkhir rounding out the podium in third with 944 points.Points are used to determine final positions due to the athletes' varying degrees of disability.This is the third Paralympic gold medal for Ashapatov, who also took first place in the discus throw and shot put in the 2008 Bejing Paralympic Games.

Podcasts
0:00
23:13
0:00
25:0