PARA-ATHLETE Akeem Stewart became Trinidad and Tobago’s joint-top Paralympic Games medallist when he captured silver in the men’s discus throw F64 final at the Stade de France in Paris on September 5.
Stewart, 32, threw a season’s best distance of 59.66 metres to earn his third Paralympic Games medal and finished behind the eventual gold medallist, American Jeremy Campbell, who set a new Paralympic record with his blistering 61.14m throw.
Stewart achieved his runner-up distance on the first of six attempts. Campbell also had the edge over Stewart from his...
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Author: Jonathan Ramnanansingh
