GB’s Davies wins seventh consecutive world shot put title

On the final day of the New Delhi World Paralympics, Great Britain’s Aled Sion Davies won his seventh consecutive F63 shot put title.

The Welshman, 34, won the 11th world title of his career with a throw of 16.44m on his fifth attempt to surpass Kuwait’s Faisal Sorour, who won silver with a 16.28m effort.

Edenilson Floriani of Brazil won the bronze medal with a throw of 14.07 meters.

According to Davies, “it’s quite surreal, to be honest.”

“Faisal is pushing me, and he is coming along. However, in the last few years, I haven’t been able to respond to him. Although returning, I still believe there is still a lot more to come.

Sorour threw 15.31 meters to win in Paris, which meant Davies had missed out on gold at a fourth consecutive Paralympics.

Athletes who use a prosthesis and have one leg amputation above the knee are classed under F63.

Davies has vowed to break his own world record at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles despite having a condition called osteitis pubis, which causes pain and swelling in the groin.

After enduring my injuries for the past four or five years, Davies said, “after finally accepting that I needed to have a few repairs.”

“I had my hip reconstructed, and I was told that I might not be able to return to the standards I was at.”

I did that, I said. In the silence, I’ve returned, rebuilt, and competed once more.

“I’m heading toward LA. My world record will be broken.

Victoria Levitt, an Englishwoman who won silver in the T44 200m, set a personal best of 27.46 seconds to take home gold in the same event as American Olympian Annie Carey, who won the gold medal in 27.31 seconds.

Due to the limited number of competitors in the final, with only four competitors required, Levitt’s team-mate Bebe Jackson finished third, but not him, who was also required to win bronze.

With seven gold, five silver, and 13 bronze medals, Great Britain came home with seventh place overall in the medal standings.

The Paralympics performance director at UK Athletics, Katie Jones, said, “It has been a positive experience.”

“We have won 25 medals as a result of the athletes coming together, the team spirit, and the athletes have all come together. More than that was beyond our control.

The LA cycle is just beginning, they say. Numerous athletes have placed in the top eight, top four, and medal positions in this category.