Canada’s Greg Stewart successfully defended his Paralympic title in the men’s shot put F46 final on Wednesday at the Paris Games.
The seven-foot-two thrower from Kamloops, B.C., won the gold medal with a season-best toss of 16.38 metres on his fifth of six attempts at Stade de France.
Stewart beat India’s Sachin Sarjerao Khilari for gold by 0.06 metres, but he had already bested the two-time reigning world champion with his third throw of 16.34m.
Croatia’s Luka Bakovic claimed bronze (16.27m).
How it started ▶️ How it’s going.<br><br>It was a joy to be there in Tokyo with Greg Stewart when he won his first Paralympic gold. And it’s the same here in Paris today.<br><br>Stewart is the first 🇨🇦 Paralympian to win back-to-back shot put gold. <a href=”https://t.co/Eez4bouGPX”>pic.twitter.com/Eez4bouGPX</a>
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The 38-year-old Stewart returned to major competition in May after retiring following his Paralympic record-setting throw of 16.75m three years ago in Tokyo.
He used to be coached by Canadian shot put great Dylan Armstrong, who won Olympic bronze in 2008 and helped Ethan Katzberg win Canada’s first-ever hammer throw gold medal at the Olympics last month.
Stewart, who was born without his lower left arm, won silver at this year’s World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan.