Giga Ochkhikidze, a Georgian paralympic athlete, won a gold medal in the Men’s Shot Put F53 at the Paralympics Games Paris 2024.
Ochkhikidze also set a world record by putting the shot 9.66 meters.
The Georgian Paralympic team now has two medals. Earlier, Ana Japaridze won bronze in taekwondo.
Giga Ochkhikidze became the second Paralympic athlete in Georgian history with a gold medal.
Zviad Gogotchuri was the first paralympic gold medalist in men’s under 90 kg judo to win gold, at the Rio Paralympic Games.