Assunta Legnante gold again in the shot put at the Paralympic World Championships – Corriere.it

Assunta Legnante gold again in the shot put at the Paralympic World Championships - Corriere.it

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Of Claudius Arrigoni

Fifth consecutive gold at the World Championships for Assunta Legnante, who is blind, in the shot put. In this edition, the blue has already won a bronze in the discus

Assunta Legnante won for the fifth consecutive time the gold medal in the F11 weight at the Paralympic Athletics World Championships. After having already reached the podium in Paris with bronze in the discus, the Paralympic champion of London and Rio beat all her opponents with the victory throw at 15.55 and sings, completing the five gold medals (2013-2015-2017 -2019-2023). The Uzbek Safiya Burkhanovac won the silver medal with 13.72 and the Chinese Zhao Yuping the bronze with 12.78.

In total, Legnante has so far won 5 world gold medals in weight and one in discus in 2019, in addition to the aforementioned bronze, to which must be added two golds and two silvers at the Paralympics and three European titles.

Thus the gold medals for the national team in Paris rise to four and the total medals to eight, with one silver and three bronzes, three of the medals from the amazing women of the 100 meters Ambra Sabatini, Martina Caironi, Monica Contrafatto)

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July 16, 2023 (change July 16, 2023 | 12:08)

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