Defeated Davies insists he is still the world's best

Aled Sion Davies was "gutted" astatine missing retired connected golden astatine a 4th consecutive Paralympics, but insists he is still nan world's best.

Davies, nan F42 world grounds holder pinch a propulsion of 15.60m successful May 2024, took nan lead successful nan men's F63 changeable put pinch a third-round effort of 15.10m, but had to settee for metallic aft Kuwait's Faisal Sorour threw 15.31m successful information four.

But nan 33-year-old Welshman rejects nan conception that Sorour and Davies' different rivals are catching him up.

“To beryllium honest, nan reality is they're not catching maine up. No one's adjacent my world record," said Davies.

"These guys, they're not arsenic bully arsenic me. I wasn't nan champion man tonight, I was nan first 1 to shingle Faisal’s hand, but that was a monolithic underperformance for maine and it's backmost to nan drafting board.”

Losing his Olympic title near Davies "trying to look astatine nan affirmative things".

"I’m not really a metallic benignant of feline and losing is each portion and parcel of it. I've been fortunate capable to beryllium dominating it for specified a agelong time, and I don't mind losing, I really don't.

"What hurts is underperforming and that was it - I wasn't nan amended man. I warmed up truthful well, near immoderate immense throws successful nan lukewarm up.

"I'm gutted. I am, I'm really gutted. I'm conscionable sorry, I really am. I consciousness truthful I bad I conscionable dream I haven't fto anyone down because, I've worked truthful difficult and there's been truthful galore obstacles, for illustration everyone… there's nary excuses, but I'll beryllium back."

Davies was afloat of praise for nan ambiance astatine nan Stade de France.

“If I return my individual position retired of it, it's incredible," he said.

"It's awesome to person crowds back. It's awesome to spot a afloat location coming for Para-athletics."

He added: "I'm conscionable devastated that my capacity conscionable doesn't do justness wherever I'm at."