Yogesh Kathuniya grabbed the silver medal at Tokyo Paralympics with a throw of 44.38m in the men’s F56 category. He began the final with a foul throw, then delivered 42.84m and then improved to 43.55 and 44.38, which is also his season’s best throw. On Sunday, India had won a silver in the high jump and a bronze in the discus throw.

He had won a bronze medal in the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai. He also has a world record in the F36 category in his first-ever international tournament in 2018 at the Para-athletics Grand Prix in Berlin.