Montenegrin paraathlete Maja Rajković won fourth place at the World Championships in Paris and qualified for the Paralympic Games, which will be held in the French capital next year.
In the javelin throw, in the F54 category (throws from a specialized chair), she achieved a result of 13,57 meters.
According to the proposals of the World Paraathletic Federation, the fourth place from the World Championship guarantees a direct placement /slot/ at the Paralympic Games.
Rajković is the first Montenegrin athlete who secured an appearance at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris.
"It's hard to say anything now, except that I'm overjoyed. I've achieved my dream and won my first Paralympic Games," Rajković said.
The coach of the Montenegrin athletics team, Veljko Čegar, said he was satisfied with the result and the placement of Rajković in Paris.
"Her result is at the level of her best shots this season. Placing in fourth place automatically provided her with a visa for the Paralympic Games in Paris. The performance and the result exceeded our expectations. I am satisfied with what was achieved, I hope it will be an incentive for her to do even better work and results," said Čegar.
The winner was Uzbekistan's Nurkon Kurbanova (20,15), ahead of silver medalist Elham Salehi from Iran (17,08) and Indian Puja (14,70), who won the bronze medal.
Rajković made her debut at the World Championship in Paris, after participating in the continental championships.
She achieved her most significant result in 2021 in Bydgoszcz, when she won bronze.
Two years earlier in Berlin, the medal eluded her in the last series.
Another Montenegrin representative, Miloš Spaić, finished ninth in the shot put in the category F11 (blind people) on Wednesday with a shot of ten meters and 77 centimeters.
Montenegrin competitors in Paris were led by coach Veljko Čegar.
The World Championships in Paris brought together a record 1.203 athletes from 103 countries.
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