Saudi athlete Hassan Dawshi broke his personal record twice in the T20 long jump final, to take fourth place at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games. The competition was held at the Stade de France; at his first attempt, Dawshi jumped 7.27m, while in the third, 7.31m. Russian Matvei Iakushev won the gold medal, with a 7.51-m jump, Malaysian Abdul Latif Romly - the winner of gold medals at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games and Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games - won the silver medal, jumping 7.45 m, and Colombian Jhon Sebastian Obando Asprilla won the bronze with a 7.38-m jump. Saudi athlete Ali Al-Nakhli came in seventh place in the 200m-T37 final, with a time of 23.44 seconds. Russian Andrei Vdovin won the gold medal with 22.69 seconds, Brazilian Ricardo Gomes de Mendonça won the silver medal with 22.71 seconds, while his compatriot Christian Gabriel Luiz da Costa won the bronze medal with 22.74 seconds. Source: Saudi Press Agency
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