Tunisia and Morocco win shot put silver and gold at 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games

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Tunisian Yassine Guenichi came second in the Men’s F36 category, while Moroccan Saida Amoudi took third in the Women’s F34 Amoudi finished sixth in Women’s Javelin Throw — F34 on Sunday Yassine Guenichi of Tunisia has won silver in the Men’s Shot Put — F36 at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games on Tuesday morning, while Morocco’s Saida Amoudi took bronze in the Women’s Shot Put — F34 at the Olympic Stadium in the Japanese capital. The 26-year-old Guenichi managed a throw of 15.12m to secure second place behind Vladimir Sviridov of the Russian Paralympic Committee, who took gold with a new world record mark of 16.67m. Sebastian Dietz of Germany took bronze with a throw of 14.81m. Meanwhile, the 41-year-old Moroccan’s throw of 8.21m secured third place behind winner Lijuan Zou of China, whose new world record of 9.19m won her the gold medal. Lucyna Kornobys of Poland won the silver with 8.60m. Amoudi finished sixth in Women’s Javelin Throw — F34 on Sunday. She had previously finished fourth in the shot put at Rio 2016. In 2019, she won silver in the shot put at the World Championships in Dubai.

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