Hopefully now he ll bounce again back and do the business for us in the pair. Leahy s upgrade was announced after officials ruled that Poland s Robert Jachimowicz had been entered in the wrong class and his throw of over 18 metres was ineligible. That meant Leahy, who threw a season's best 16.05, moved into the gold medal position. The ruling came after an appeal from the British team, who had Stephen Miller in fourth spot. They were convinced the Pole had been incorrectly classified and lodged a protest.
Paralympic classification can be complex.
It is based, among other things, on an athlete's range of movement and mobility and control within a specific disability group. Jachimowicz underwent a reassessment after Sunday s final and the appeal was upheld.