The 38-year-old Djelal came first with a throw of 11.29 meters at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium North African nation now has 3 gold medals, 2 silver, 4 bronze at Tokyo 2020 Games RIYADH: Algeria’s Safia Djelal on Thursday broke the world record for the women’s shot put F57 category in taking gold at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. The 38-year-old came first with a throw of 11.29 meters at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium, beating the former record of 11.16m held by Maria Ortiz Hernandez of Mexico, who finished in fourth place. Mian Xu of China claimed silver with a throw of 10.81m, while Eucharia Iyiazi of Nigeria secured bronze with a distance of 10.40m. Djelal’s compatriot Nassima Saifi, who earlier in the tournament won silver in the women’s discus throw F57 class, finished fifth with an effort of 10.29m. The win came on the same day that Algerian Skander Athmani smashed another world record to scoop gold in the men’s 400 T13 competition. Algeria now has three gold medals, two silver, and four bronze at the Tokyo Paralympics, putting the country 29th in the overall table. Djelal has a stellar record across several sports. At the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games she won gold in the women’s javelin throw F56-58, and at the London Games in 2012 she took silver in the javelin throw F57-58. She has also won many world titles including gold medals in the women’s javelin throw F57-58 in Lille (2002), Assen (2006), and Lyon (2013).