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Zak Skinner is searching for a different kind of consistency after a second consecutive fourth-place finish in the men’s T13 long jump at a Paralympic Games. The 25-year-old from Sevenoaks produced a jump of 6.83m to just miss out on the podium at Paris 2024. Skinner finished in the exact same position as he did in Tokyo three years ago as Azerbaijan’s Orkhan Aslanov defended his crown. “It sucks, I have been here before, I did it in Tokyo so at least I am consistent,” said Skinner, who is one of more than 1,000 elite athletes on UK Sport’s National Lottery-funded World Class Programme, allowi…

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