India's Navdeep Singh's silver medal was upgraded to gold after initial winner Iran's Sadegh Beit Sayah was disqualified for repeatedly displaying an objectionable flag following a dramatic men's javelin throw F41 final at the Paris Paralympics on Saturday. (Day 11 Blog | Full Coverage)
The 23-year-♕old para-athlete from Haryana, who had finished fourth at the Tokyo Games three years a🔥go, produced a personal best effort of 47.32m to claim the top position.
His silver was upgraded to gold after Sadegh'꧑s disqualification. Pengxiang (44.72m) finished with a silver.
Sayah had managedဣ to nose ahead of the field with a new Paralympic record of 47♊.64m in his penultimate throw but lost the medal owing to his antics.
He displayed a non-state flag during celebrations. He was seen with a black flag with Arabic text written on it. He🍒 was handed two yellows for the offence before being stripped of his gold.
The International Paralympic Committee rules bar athletes from making any po🌟litical gestures at the event and Sayah was throw🍒n out of the final results for unsporting/improper conduct.
Who Is Sadegh Beit Sayah?
As per the Paralympic website, Sadegh Beit Sayah was born on 17th December 1986 in Ahvaz. He represents the F41 category - classification meant for athleteꦐs of short stature.
He is into accounting and s🎀peaks Farsi. As per the information provided by the website, Sadegh took up para athletics at the age of 23.
"A friend told me that there was such a thing as Para athletics, and he asked me if I wanted to go for a fitness test. After the test the coaches told me that I had a talent for throwing events," he was quoted as per the Paralympics website.
His achievements include silver at the Asian Para Games, Tokyo Paralympics. He event finished sec🐲ond at the Wo🐻rld Championships in 2023 and 2024.
