Kruger boosts SA medal count

Junior athlete Simone Kruger gave the national team's medal count a boost by claiming gold in the women's F38 discus throw at the Paralympic Games in Paris last night.

- WesleyBotton

In a closely contested final, 19-year-old world champion Kruger triumphed with a third-round throw of 38.70 metres, setting a new Paralympic record.

Chinese athlete Li Yingli took the runner-up spot just six centimetres behind (38.64m) and Xiomara Hernandez of Colombia (38.36m) grabbed bronze.

Kruger raked in the SA team's fifth medal of the Paris Games, and their second gold, lifting the squad to 43rd position in the overall standings with a total of five podium places (two gold and three bronze).