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\nPakistan\u2019s Haider Ali won bronze in the Men\u2019s Discus Throw F37 on Friday with a 52.54m throw, clinching his fourth Paralympic medal.
\nUzbekistan\u2019s Tolibboy Yuldashev took home gold with a massive 57.28m throw, setting a personal best on his sixth attempt. Canada\u2019s Jesse Zesseu won silver with a 53.24m throw.
\nA jubilant Ali could be seen taking his victory lap after the competition was over, hugging the other medallists and competitors in the process.
\nAli led the field in the first attempt with a solid 52.28m throw, his season\u2019s best since the Paralympics marked his first competition of the year.
\nBut Zesseu overtook Ali in the third round, with a 52.81m throw, moving up to first place.
\nYuldashev then stole the spotlight from both, with a huge 53.48m throw in the fourth attempt.
\nBut the Uzbek had a surprise for the crowd \u2014 and himself with a whopping 56.03m throw in his fifth attempt, setting a new personal best.
\nThe 21-year-old wasn\u2019t done for the day, throwing a monstrous personal best of 57.28m in his sixth attempt.
\nYuldashev\u2019s gold follows his bronze in the Men\u2019s Shot Put F37 last week.
\nAli had a streak of foul throws in his second, third, fourth, and fifth attempts, coming back strong in his sixth attempt with a 52.54m throw, improving on his season-best set in the second throw.
\nThe 39-year-old now has a total of two bronze medals, one silver and one gold at the Paralympics, with Paris marking his fifth Paralympic Games. Ali\u2019s medals are also the only medals Pakistan has ever won at the Games.
\nHis first was a silver at his debut at the Beijing 2008 Games in the men\u2019s Long Jump F37\/38 with a 6.44 metre jump.
\nAt the Rio 2016 Games, he clinched a bronze in the men\u2019s T37 long jump. Like Paris, he was the country\u2019s sole participant and flag-bearer at the opening ceremony.
\nAli finally struck gold at the Tokyo 2020 Games in the Men\u2019s Discus Throw F37.
\nPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif celebrated Ali\u2019s win with a statement on X, saying: \u201cyour courage and determination are a source of inspiration for the entire nation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Paris Pakistan\u2019s Haider Ali won bronze in the Men\u2019s Discus Throw F37 on Friday with a 52.54m throw, clinching his fourth Paralympic medal. Uzbekistan\u2019s Tolibboy Yuldashev took home gold with a massive 57.28m throw, setting a personal best on his sixth attempt. Canada\u2019s Jesse Zesseu won silver with a 53.24m throw. A jubilant Ali could […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-429701","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n