Paris 2024 Paralympic Games | Para athletics

World record in Javelin throw, first French medal: highlights from the morning's competition

Morning session

The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games began on Tuesday, August 28th, with the para athletics competition. The morning session saw a world record and a first French medal.

Javelin throw

In the men's javelin throw F46, Algeria's Mounir Bakiri threw a world record of 64.71 meters. This is the first time the world record has been broken in this event since 2019.

T64 long jump

In the women's long jump T64, France's Marie-Amélie Le Fur won the first French medal of the Games with a bronze medal jump of 5.82 meters.

Morning session results

Here are the results from the morning session of the para athletics competition.

• Men's javelin throw F46: 1. Mounir Bakiri (Algeria), 64.71 meters (world record); 2. Jakub Tokarz (Poland), 59.02 meters; 3. Dinesh Priyantha Herath Mudiyanselage (Sri Lanka), 57.13 meters
• Women's long jump T64: 1. Fleur Jong (Netherlands), 5.94 meters; 2. Marlene Van Gansewinkel (Netherlands), 5.86 meters; 3. Marie-Amélie Le Fur (France), 5.82 meters