2024-09-03 11:12:32
There was a complete reshuffle in the F55 shot put final standings at the Paris Paralympics, where Rushdie Rushdie won her second career title on Friday. However, it is about the medal winners after our competitor.
The Bulgarian sent the device to 12.40 meters and was the only one in the sector to pass the 12-meter mark, in five of his six attempts. He was followed by Serbian Nebojsa Djuric with 11.98 meters and Polish Lech Stottman with 11.91 meters.
Now, however, Djuric is missing from the final ranking, having been declassified under Article 6.16.1 of the rules, which refers to the athlete’s equipment. According to the judges, the cart from which he pushed was out of regulation. But she has been the same since the World Cup in Kobe. In this situation, Stottman should have been second, and the Iranian Zafar Zaker should have been third with 11.88 meters. But days after the competition, Stottman’s attempt of 11.91m was ruled a foul, leaving him third with 11.81m, the Iranian behind Rouzdi. This is how the athletes were awarded.
Ruzhdi became only the second Bulgarian with two titles from the Paralympics, as he also has a silver medal from Tokyo. Before him is only the late Georgi Sakilarov, who has 5 medals – 3 gold, silver and bronze from his participation in Seoul, Barcelona and Atlanta. After his title in Paris, Rushdie announced that he would continue as long as there were no injuries. In addition to the three Paralympic honors, he has 5 world and 5 European titles, as well as the world record holder in the shot put.
For the first time in history, the prizes of the athletes from the Olympics and Paralympics in Bulgaria are equal. Thus, the old man from Kubrat will receive BGN 250,000 for his gold. Hristiyan Stoyanov and Stella Eneva, who finished fourth in France, will each receive BGN 40,000.
Stoyanov missed the medal in the final stretch of 1500 meters, category T46. The Bulgarian and the Australian Michael Roger led until the last corner. Then they attacked the Russian Alexander Yaremchuk, who left Hristian with silver in Tokyo, passing them and finishing first again. In the last meters, the Frenchman Antoine Pro passed in front of Stoyanov for the third place by 7 tenths of a second.
Eneva returned to the discus sector after a long absence and recorded a personal best of 30.59 meters for the season. The title was won by Algerian Nassima Saifi with 35.55 meters, ahead of China’s Mian Xu (32.81) and Uzbekistan’s Mohigul Hamdamova (32.75).