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Meet landmine blast survivor Hokato Sema- Nagaland’s first Paralympic medalist

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When the much revered Soman Rana recorded a poor series of throws in the men’s shot put F57 final at the Paris Paralympics 2024, it looked like India’s chances of a medal were over in the event. However, the 40-year-old Hokato Sema turned up the heat when it was needed the most and recorded a personal best to win the bronze medal. It was astonishing that Sema, who never has crossed the 14m mark, threw beyond the mark four times in his six attempts and with a best throw of 14.65m won the bronze. When asked where the massive personal best came from, Sema told the broadcasters, “I was fourth in World Championships and it kept bugging me. I worked hard after that. I wanted to cross that 14m mark.” With his bronze medal, Sema also became the first-ever para-athlete to win a medal from the state of Nagaland and the region of NorthEast. India has won a total of 27 medals in the 2024 Paris Paralympics with 15 of them coming in para-athletics. A …

He Lost A Leg During Anti-Terrorist Operation In Jammu & Kashmir, Hokato Sema Is Now Paralympic Medallist

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Paralympics 2024: Shot-putter Hokato Sema celebrates after a good throw.© Twitter Landmine blast survivor Indian shot-putter Hokato Sema came up with his career-best throw of 14.65 metres to secure a bronze medal for the country in the men’s F57 category final at the Paralympic Games in Paris on Friday. The 40-year-old Dimapur-born Army man, who had won the bronze medal at the Hangzhou Para Games last year, started with a mediocre throw of 13.88m before he hit a purple patch. The only athlete from Nagaland who is part of the Indian contingent at the Paralympics touched the 14m mark on his second throw and then improved further with a heave of 14.40m. However, Sema, who lost his left leg in a landmine blast while taking part in an anti-terrorist operation in Jammu & Kashmir’s Chowkibal in 2002, achieved his best throw in his his fourth throw, surpassing his personal best of 14.49m on way to the bronze medal. Iran’s Yasin Khosravi, the 31-year-old two-time para world champion and Hangzhou Para Games gold medallist, …

Hokato Sema wins bronze medal with a new PB

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India’s Hokato Sema Hotozhe won the bronze medal in the men’s shot put F56 category after throwing a personal best at the Paris Paralympics on Friday. Sema threw 14.65m in his fourth attempt to finish in the third spot. Sema was consistent and threw over 14m three times out of his six attempts. Another Indian in the event, Soman Rana finished fifth with the best throw of 14.07m. Sema’s medal means that India has moved to the 16th spot with a total of six gold, nine silver, and 12 bronze medals. Earlier in the day, Praveen Kumar broke the Asian record to clinch the gold medal in the men’s high jump T64 making it six gold medals for India, one more than Tokyo Paralympics. Simran Sharma reaches 200m T12 final India’s Simran Sharma, the reigning world champion, breezed her way into the final of the women’s 200m T12 race with a time of 25.03 seconds at the Paralympic Games here on Friday. Simran had earlier topped her heat and entered the semifinals with a timing …

Paralympics: Who is Hokato Hotozhe Sema, India’s bronze medal winner in shot put F47 event | Sport-others News

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Nagaland’s Hokato Hotozhe Sema added another medal to India’s Paralympics tally when he snapped up bronze in the the shot put F47 event late Friday night. The recent success took the country’s total medal tally to 27. Sema came into the Men’s Shot Put – F57 Final with a Personal Best of 14.49m. He was sixth in the order of the athletes to throw. As this is a seated throw event, where athletes have to be harnessed to a throwing chair, all six attempts would be taken together in one go. The top two spots were all but decided early on. Yasin Khosravi and Thiago Paulino dos Santos throwing 15.96m (Paralympics Record) and 15.06m respectively. Khosravi and dos Santos had finished 1-2 at the World Championships in May earlier this year, so this was always on the cards. The battle was likely going to be between Finland’s Teijo Koopikka and Sema. At the World Championships Koopikka had taken bronze with 14.74, while Sema had finished fourth with 13.97. But once the Finnish athlete was done …