athletics
Para-WM: Again silver for shot putter Kappel
Shot putter Niko Kappel won silver at the Para World Championships in Paris. photo
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Niko Kappel once again missed the longed-for gold medal at the Para World Championships in track and field. The short Paralympic champion and world record holder had to settle for silver in the shot put in Paris.
With 14.49 meters he was defeated by the Uzbek Bobirjon Omonov, who brought it to 14.73 meters. The 28-year-old Kappel has been waiting for a big title for six years now. After winning the Paralympics in 2016 and the World Championship title in 2017, the man from Stuttgart won silver three times and bronze twice. His training partner Yannis Fischer, who was seven years his junior, surprisingly won the title in the shot put of the smaller dwarfs on Tuesday.