Two silvers for Poland at Rio Paralympics
PR dla Zagranicy
Paweł Kononczuk
09.09.2016 10:22
Polish athletes with disabilities have won silver medals in the shot put and the discus at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
An athlete wears prosthetic legs in the Paralympic Village, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6 September. The Rio 2016 Paralympics will take place from 7 to 18 September. Photo: EPA/Al Tielemans for OIS/IOC
Bartosz Tyszkowski, 22, on Thursday came second in the shot put in the F41 category, throwing 13.56 meters in his best attempt, a centimetre behind Germany’s Niko Kappel.
Earlier in the day, Poland’s Robert Jachimowicz took silver in the discus in the F52 category.
Ninety Polish athletes with disabilities are competing in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, which started on Wednesday.
In the London 2012 Paralympics, Poles won 36 medals and took ninth place in the overall medals classification.
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Source: PAP