Cypriot paralympic track athlete Antonis Aresti finished yesterday sixth in the 400m, category T47 at the 15th Rio Paralympic Games that wrap up today in Rio, Brazil.

Aresti, silver medallist in the Beijing Paralympic Games, finished sixth (time 50.07).

First was Cuban Blanco Ernesto with 48.79, followed by Brazilian Ferreira dos Santos Petrucio with 48.87 and third Austrian Matzinger Gunther with 48.95.

Last week, Cypriot athlete, swimmer Karolina Palendritou, golden medallist in Athens, Beijing and silver in London, finished fourth in the finals of the 100 meters breaststroke in category SB13 (time 1.17.02).

A total of 4,000 athletes from 170 countries competed in Rio Paralympics.