Maksims pushed the ball 11.63 meters in the first attempt, he did not improve his result in the second attempt (11.15 meters), but in the third attempt the Latvian repeated what he was able to do in the first.
After three attempts, the owners of the ninth and tenth places did not continue the competition, while the other para-athletes will perform three more runs each.
The gold medal in the second Paralympic Games in a row was won by Canadian Greg Stewart, who threw the shot 16.38 meters. Indian Sachin Sarjerao Khilari took the second place, throwing the ball 16.32 meters, while the top three was completed by Croatia’s Luka Bakovic (16.27 meters).
Maksims, a Paralympic Games debutant, took part in javelin throwing on Tuesday and finished in eighth place.
On the other hand, Latvian swimmer Jurijs Semjonovs took ninth place in the Paris Paralympic Games on Wednesday in the 50-meter freestyle swimming in the S7 class.
Semyonov covered the distance in 29.99 seconds, taking fifth place in his preliminary swim.
From the 14 participants of the two preliminaries, the owners of the eight best results entered the final.
Semyonovs finished ninth in the overall standings, remaining as a reserve, and if one of the athletes who reached the finals does not start in the decisive swim, then the representative of Latvia will be able to start in the finals.
At these Paralympic Games, Semyonov won seventh place in the 100-meter backstroke and was ninth in the 200-meter medley. He is also scheduled to participate in the 50-meter butterfly.
The Paris Paralympic Games will take place until September 8, with Latvians competing in athletics, paralympic dressage, cycling, swimming and shooting.
22 sports are represented at the Paralympic Games, in which about 4,400 athletes compete.
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