Antil betters his best

Paralympics champ Sumit breaks his own javelin world record to clinch gold; Indian athletes shine on Day 3 to win 30 medals including six yellow metals

Reigning Paralympics champion Sumit Antil on Wednesday bettered his own javelin throw F64 world record (70.83m) with a stunning 73.29m effort on way to winning gold as he led India’s whopping 30-medal haul on the third day of competitions at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games.

India’s total medal count after three days stood at 64 (15 gold, 20 silver, 29 bronze) and they were placed at sixth spot, one down from Tuesday. China continued to consolidate at the top of the tally with 300 medals (118 gold, 96 silver, 86 bronze), followed by Iran (24, 30, 19), Japan (20, 21, 28), Thailand (20, 13, 30) and Uzbekistan (17, 17, 21).

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A productive day

It was the most productive day for India, with 17 out of the 30 medals and all the six gold coming from athletics. Another Indian, Pushpendra Singh, won the bronze medal with a throw of 62.06m.

The F64 category is for athletes with a leg amputation, who compete with prosthetics in a standing position.

Ankur Dhama became the first Indian to win two gold medals in a single edition of the Asian Para Games as he clinched the top spot in men’s T11 1,500m race with a time of 4:27.70. He had also won a gold in men’s men’s T11 5,000m race on Tuesday.

Another Indian, Sundar Singh Gurjar, also set a new world record in the men’s F46 javelin throw as he sent his spear to a distance of 68.60m en route to winning the gold. The earlier world record of 67.79m was in the name of Dinesh Mudiyanselage Herath of Sri Lanka.

In fact, Indians swept all the three medals in the men’s F46 javelin throw event with Rinku (67.08m) and Ajeet Singh (63.52m) winning silver and bronze respectively.

Raju shines in T11 1,500m

It was 1-2 for the Indians in the women’s T11 1,500m event with Rakshitha Raju (5:21.45) and Killaka Lalitha (5:48.85) taking gold and silver respectively. Rakshitha had won a gold in the same event in the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta.

Haney and Nimisha Suresh Chakkungalparambil added gold medals in men’s F37/38 javelin throw and women’s T47 long jump events.

Games record for Haney

Haney produced a Games record of 55.97m while Nimisha cleared 5.15m to take India’s gold medal tally to 15. Pooja won a silver in women’s F54/55 discus throw with an effort 18.17m while Narayan Thakur and Shreyansh Trivedi picked up a bronze each in men’s T35 200m and T37 200m with times of 29.83 and 25.26 respectively.

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