Tunisian athlete Raoua Tlili offered Tunisia its first gold medal in shot put (F41) of the Tokyo Paralympic Games, Friday at dawn.
Tlili broke a world record with 10m55, ahead of Colombian Aruiza Buitrago silver medal (9m94) and Argentina Antonela Ruiz, bronze medal (9.59m).
For her part, the Tunisian Samar Ben Kaaleb finished in fourth place with 9m18 (new personal record).
This is the fifth gold medal of Tlili at the Paralympic Games won in the shot put and discus events after Beijing in 2008, London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016 (2 gold).

Source: TAP News Agency