▁of ▁ 9 . 4 4 ▁metres ▁in ▁the ▁men ' s ▁shot ▁put ▁F 5 4 – 5 5 ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁Par apan ▁American ▁Games ▁was ▁ 0 . 4 4 ▁metres ▁better ▁than ▁the ▁" B " ▁qual ifying ▁standard ▁for ▁that ▁discipline . ▁Before ▁the ▁Par al ym p ics , ▁Al m eng or ▁said ▁to ▁La ▁Pr ensa ▁that ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁wish ▁to ▁predict ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁his ▁event ▁but ▁promised ▁to ▁perform ▁to ▁the ▁best ▁of ▁his ▁ability . ▁On ▁ 1 6 ▁September , ▁he ▁took ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁men ' s ▁shot ▁put ▁F 5 4 – 5 5 ▁competition , ▁finishing ▁ele vent h ▁out ▁of ▁twelve ▁athlet es ▁who ▁started ▁the ▁event , ▁with ▁a ▁throw ▁of ▁ 9 . 1 6 ▁metres . ▁ ▁I v eth ▁Val des ▁Rom ero ▁was ▁ 3 9 ▁years ▁old ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁Rio ▁Summer ▁Par al ym p ics ▁and ▁was ▁also ▁debut ing ▁in ▁the ▁Par al ym pic ▁Games . ▁She ▁was ▁left ▁par al yz ed ▁from ▁the ▁wa ist ▁down ▁after ▁an ▁autom obile ▁driven ▁by ▁an ▁alleg edly ▁into xic ated ▁driver ▁coll ided ▁with ▁her ▁vehicle ▁and ▁sent ▁it ▁down ▁a ▁rav ine ▁in ▁Camp ana ▁on ▁ 1 9 ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁Rom ero ▁is ▁class ified ▁as ▁F 5 6 ▁by ▁the ▁IP C ▁and ▁compet es ▁in ▁a ▁sitting ▁position . ▁She ▁qualified