Nagoya, Oct 20 India’s Praveen Kumar came up with a personal-best throw to clinch the bronze medal in the men’s shot put F11 event of the Asian Para Games here on Tuesday.
The 19-year-old hurled the iron ball to a distance of 13.86 metres to finish third on the podium in a field of six athletes.
Amirhossein Alipour of Iran set an Asian record with a throw of 14.99 metres to take the gold medal, while his compatriot Mahdi Olad claimed the silver with a throw of 13.93 metres.
The F11 category in shot put is for athletes with complete or near-complete visual impairment.
(PTI News)
