Sixth medal for Greece in Paralympic Games of Paris. THE Constantine June with a shot at 41.32 m. won the bronze medal in the F56 discus.
THE 33 years old got on the podium thanks to His 5th throw. His remaining attempts were at 39.14m, 39.90m and 37.87m, while he also had two invalids.
The gold medal was won by He stumbles Dos Santos from Brazil with 46.86m. and the Yogas Katounia from India the silver with a shot at 42.22m.
Konstantinos Tzounis: The shot that put him on the podium
“Mom we made it”
Shortly after the success, Konstantinos Tzounis he said the following to the ERT camera:
“I haven’t realized it yet. I want to say: “Mom, we did it”! It was a goal of mine, to become a Paralympian with a medal. And I wanted first of all to prove to my son that everything I did after Tokyo was not wasted. Because four years is not a little. I did very hard work. The race was very difficult and we were all close to the performance. I was worried about the invalid shots, as happened in the world championship, but also the conditions of this match were special. I came with a European record, better than the performance of the athlete who took the silver medal, but there was the stress and the special circumstances. My family came to see me and I wanted to make them proud. Thank you Greece”
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