Wheelchair racer Prawat Wahoram poses with his silver medal in the men’s 1,500m T54 event at the Tokyo Paralympics on Tuesday.
Thai wheelchair racers Prawat Wahoram and Putharet Khongrak finished second and third respectively in the men’s 1,500m T54 competition at the Tokyo Paralympics on Tuesday.
The event was won by Swiss Marcel Hug who set a new world record of 2:49.55 minutes.
Defending champion Prawat, 40, crossed the line in 2:50.20 and Putharet 2:50.68.
Prawat, the country’s most decorated Paralympian, has now won seven gold, eight silver and one bronze medals since the 2000 Sydney Games.
The Sa Kaeo native has one more event — the 800m T54 — left at the Tokyo Games…
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