World Para Athletics C’ships: Ruzhdi wins sixth shot put gold in a row

Bulgaria's Ruzhdi claimed his sixth successive gold medal in the men’s shot put F55 competition with a world record throw in the World Para Athletics Championships here on Sunday.

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The 34-year-old sent the iron ball to a distance of 12.94m in his sixth and final attempt, bettering his own world record of 12.68m which he had set in the 2023 World Championships in Paris, in the event in which athletes compete from a seated position as they do not have lower limb function.

Serbia’s Nebojsa Duric took the silver with a personal best 12.52m while Lech Stoltman of Poland was third with 12.02m.