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Medalists for Men's Shot Put:
Gold - Guoshan Wu (China) - 14.42
Silver - Janusz Rokicki (Poland) - 14.26
Bronze - Javid Ehsani (Iran) - 14.13
Virender will not be winning a medal.
It is over!!!! Virender finishes with a best of 11.62 in his six attempts.
11.62 with one attempt left.
He has a tall order and needs to throw more than 14.13.
Virender is up next with his second set of three attempts.
World record holder Janusz stays in silver medal position after finishing six attempts.
Javid Ehsani throws a Personal Best of 14.13 to jump into third place.
Paulino Santos, who was looking in contention for a medal in the beginning, will finish empty handed.
Top three after three attempts:
1. Guoshan Wu (China) - 14.42
2. Janusz Rokicki (Poland) - 14.26
3. Michael Wishina (USA) - 13.92
Things do not look good for Virender and he would need to produce some magic to win a medal.
First set of three attempts completed, Virender is in eighth place now.
Just one athlete left to complete his set of first three attempts.
Virender has now slipped to 7th place and the chances of a medal look bleak.
Virender has now slipped to 6th place.
Top 3 at the moment:
1. Janusz Rokicki (Poland) - 14.26
2. Paulino Santos (Brazil) - 13.92
3. Mohamad (Syria) - 13.91
Mohamad Mohamad from Syria gets a best of 13.91 in his set of three attempts.
There are four athletes left to throw.
He finishes his three attempts with a best of 11.39. Virender is in fourth position.
Virender fouls in his first attempt.
Time for our very own Virender with his set of three attempts.
Rokicki has climbed into gold medal position with a best of 14.26 in his three attempts.
And he shows why he is the champion. Throws 14.21 in his second attempt.
World Record Holder Janusz Rokicki is up next.
He manages a best of only 7.17 in the first set.
Mokolongo's first attempt is a foul one.
NEWS: Indris Santerre has not started today and there are only 9 athletes competing.
Stephane Mokolongo will be throwing next.
Javid Ehsani gets a best of 13.53 in his attempts. Ehsani has produced Season's Best.
Javid Ehsani is yet to attempt his first set of throws.
If the World Record is anything to go by, Santos' attempt of 13.92 was pretty good.
Javid Ehsani is up next with his set of three attempts.
Santos finishes with a best of 13.92 in three attempts.
Just to let viewers know, all athletes will be throwing in two sets of three attempts each.
Improves in the second one by throwing 13.92.
Santos throws 13.23 in first attempt.
Paulino Thiago Santos is the first man up for the throw.
We are set to begin proceedings.
Some more facts about the Men's Shot Put Final, Janusz Rokicki holds the World Record (14.92) in the F57 category while Olokhan Musayev holds it in F56 category (13.49).
We are just under 10 minutes away from the start of the Men's Shot Put Final here.
Here is the line-up for the Men's Shot Put final:
1. Paulino Thiago Santos (Brazil)
2. Javid Shakib Ehsani (Iran)
3. Stephan Mokolongo
4. Janusz Rokicki (Poland)
5. Virender (India)
6. Mohamad (Syria)
7. Samir Nabiyev (Azerbaijan)
8. Michael Wishina (USA)
9. Indris Jean Santerre (Haiti)
10. Guoshan Wu (China)
Virender Dhanakar will be up against 9 other athletes in the Shot Put Final.
For the information of all our viewers, these two are the last Indians remaining in the 2016 Rio Paralympics. It has been a superb campaign for the country and all athletes have made the country proud.
We are around half an hour away from the start of the Shot Put final and 40 minutes away from the start of Karam Jyoti's event.
Hello and welcome to Sportskeeda's live coverage of the 2016 Rio Paralympics and today we have for you the Men's Shot Put F57 final and Women's Discus Throw F55 Final. Indians Virender Dhanakar and Karamjyoti Dalal will be carrying India's hopes the Shot Put and Discus Throw events, respectively.
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That is it, India's campaign at the 2016 Rio Paralympics ends with no medals from Virender or Karam Jyoti. However, 4 medals out of a contingent of 19 is an amazing achievement. Thank you for joining us and keep following Sportskeeda for all the sporting action from around the world.