Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 9 Highlights: Hokato Hotozhe Sema wins bronze in Men's Shot Put - F57 category; Praveen Kumar wins gold in Men's High Jump - T64 event

Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 9 Live Updates: Hokato Sema, a landmine-blast survivor from India, secured a bronze medal in the men's F57 category shot put final at the Paris Paralympics on Friday with a career-best throw of 14.65 metres.The 40-year-old para athlete from Dimapur, who had previously won bronze at the Hangzhou Para Games last year, began with a modest throw of 13.88m. However, he quickly found his rhythm and surpassed the 14m mark on his second attempt, followed by an impressive throw of 14.40m.Sema's fourth throw proved to be his best, as he exceeded his personal best of 14.49m to claim the bronze medal.Earlier in the day, Tokyo Games silver medallist Praveen Kumar of India smashed the Asian record to clinch the gold medal in the men's high jump T64 event.The 21-year-old from Noida, who was born with a short leg, produced a season best jump of 2.08m in the six-jumper field to finish on top of the podium.USA's Derek Loccident claimed the silver with a best jump of 2.06m while Uzbekistan's Temurbek Giyazov, who notched a personal best 2.03m, finished third.T64 is for athletes with movement moderately affected in one lower leg or the absence of one or both legs below the knee. While T44, under which Praveen is categorised, is for athletes with movement affected at a low or moderate degree in one lower leg.