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Ukraine's Mariia Shpatkivska wins silver in shot put at Paralympics

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Ukraine's Mariia Shpatkivska wins silver in shot put at Paralympics
Mariia Shpatkivska competes in Women’s Shot Put 4 kg Qualification during the Ukrainian Athletics Championships among adults and youth indoors on February 2, 2024, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (hurricanehank/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Ukrainian thrower Mariia Shpatkivska won a silver medal in the shot put at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris on Sept. 4, setting a new European record.

This is Ukraine's 46th medal at this year's Paralympics, taking place in the French capital between Aug. 28 and Sept. 8.

Shpatkivska, 24, set the European record in the F46 class – athletes with moderately affected movement in arms or absence of limbs – with a distance of 12.35 meters.

The Ukrainian athlete was bested only by American Noelle Malkamaki, who broke the world record with a distance of 14.06 meters. New Zealand's Holly Robinson secured bronze with 11.88 meters.

This was Shpatkivska's debut at the Paralympics Games, with her previous best result being eighth place at the 2019 World Championship in throwing javelin.

The latest result also secured Ukraine's fourth silver medal in athletics at the 2024 Paralympics and the fifth award in shot put events.

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Martin Fornusek

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Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He was also volunteering as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukraïner. Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.

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