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How Pranav Soorma Won Gold in the Discus Throw 🏅

Pranav Soorma threw the discus 11.66 meters to win gold.

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Key Points

4 points

Gold medal for Pranav with an 11.66‑meter throw.

Silver medal for Ram with a 10.35‑meter throw.

New Asian record achieved by Pranav.

Scoring adjusts for different disability levels.

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Ram Ratan Singh threw 10.35 meters and earned silver.

Both athletes belong to classification F51, a group for competitors with limited movement.

The point system gave higher scores to athletes with greater challenges, so Pranav stayed first even though another competitor threw farther.

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6 words

discus throw

a sport where you spin and throw a heavy round disc

para

short for athletes with disabilities, meaning they compete in special games

classification

a way to group athletes based on how their bodies work

impairment

a limitation in how a part of the body moves

record

the best performance ever recorded

point system

a method that changes scores so athletes with different abilities can be compared fairly

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