Saudi Arabia’s Dawshi Comes in 4th Place in T20 Long Jump at Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Saudi Arabia’s Hassan Dawshi broke his personal record twice in the T20 long jump final to take fourth place at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games.
Saudi Arabia’s Hassan Dawshi broke his personal record twice in the T20 long jump final to take fourth place at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games.
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Saudi Arabia’s Dawshi Comes in 4th Place in T20 Long Jump at Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Saudi Arabia’s Hassan Dawshi broke his personal record twice in the T20 long jump final to take fourth place at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games.
Saudi Arabia’s Hassan Dawshi broke his personal record twice in the T20 long jump final to take fourth place at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games.

Saudi Arabia’s Hassan Dawshi broke his personal record twice in the T20 long jump final to take fourth place at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games.

Dawshi jumped 7.27m in his first attempt and 7.31m in the third.

Russian Matvei Iakushev won the gold medal, with a 7.51-m jump, Malaysian Abdul Latif Romly — the winner of gold medals at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games and Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games — won the silver medal, jumping 7.45 m, and Colombian Jhon Sebastian Obando Asprilla won the bronze with a 7.38-m jump.

Saudi Arabia’s Ali Al-Nakhli came in seventh place in the 200m-T37 final, with a time of 23.44 seconds.

Russian Andrei Vdovin won the gold medal with 22.69 seconds, Brazilian Ricardo Gomes de Mendonça won the silver medal with 22.71 seconds, while his compatriot Christian Gabriel Luiz da Costa won the bronze medal with 22.74 seconds.



Sinner Given Rest Time and Won't Compete in Davis Cup for Italy Next Week

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 06: Jannik Sinner of Italy returns a shot against Jack Draper of Great Britain during their Men's Singles Semifinal match on Day Twelve of the 2024 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 06, 2024 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.   Luke Hales/Getty Images/AFP
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 06: Jannik Sinner of Italy returns a shot against Jack Draper of Great Britain during their Men's Singles Semifinal match on Day Twelve of the 2024 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 06, 2024 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Luke Hales/Getty Images/AFP
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Sinner Given Rest Time and Won't Compete in Davis Cup for Italy Next Week

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 06: Jannik Sinner of Italy returns a shot against Jack Draper of Great Britain during their Men's Singles Semifinal match on Day Twelve of the 2024 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 06, 2024 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.   Luke Hales/Getty Images/AFP
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 06: Jannik Sinner of Italy returns a shot against Jack Draper of Great Britain during their Men's Singles Semifinal match on Day Twelve of the 2024 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 06, 2024 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Luke Hales/Getty Images/AFP

US Open finalist Jannik Sinner needs time to rest after Sunday’s final against Taylor Fritz in New York and will not compete in the Davis Cup Finals group stage next week in Bologna, Italy captain Filippo Volandri announced on Saturday.

“As far as Jannik goes, who told us he was available for the latter stages of the competition in Bologna, in accordance with the federation leaders and his staff, we decided to relieve him of his call-up and allow him a full recovery,” Volandri said in a team announcement.

The top-ranked Sinner was exonerated in a doping case less than a week before the US Open began. He beat Jack Draper in the US Open semifinals on Friday.

Defending champion Italy will instead be composed of Matteo Berrettini, Matteo Arnaldi, Flavio Cobolli, Andrea Vavassori and Simone Bolelli. Olympic bronze medalist Lorenzo Musetti also needs rest and asked not to play, The Associated Press quoted Volandri as saying.

Sinner led Italy to the title last year, posting wins over Novak Djokovic in both singles and doubles in the semifinals against Serbia and then earning the decisive point in the final against Australia by beating Alex de Minaur.

Italy opens against Brazil on Wednesday then faces Belgium on Friday and the Netherlands on Sunday.

Group play will also be contested in Valencia, Spain; Zhuhai, China; and Manchester, England.
The top two teams in each group will advance to the final eight in Malaga, Spain, Nov. 19-24.

Sinner was widely criticized when he opted out of the group phase in Bologna last year. The criticism was then quickly drowned out by praise when he led Italy to the title and then won his first Grand Slam trophy at the Australian Open in January.