World Para Athletics GP: India clinch 11 gold medals on Day 2

India delivered an exceptional performance on Day 2 of the New Delhi 2026 World Para Athletics Grand Prix securing multiple podium finishes across track and field events including several clean sweeps of the podiumThe highlight of the day came in the Menrsquos Javelin Throw F43F44F64 where Paralympic champion Sumit Antil led an allIndian podium Antil clinched gold with a powerful throw of 6925 metres while Pushpendra Singh secured silver with 5691m and Poonam Ram won bronze with 4948mAfter the victory Sumit Antil said ldquoThis time we have multiple tournaments lined up I will try to perform well in the upcoming competitions It is an offseason loading phase for me I was not expecting such a throw I expected around 67ndash68m but the throw was good today at 6925m So I am happy and my team is happy as wellrdquoHe further added ldquoI am not changing my technique because we know we are moving in the right direction in our training Right now we just need the right conditions where the throw falls perfectly in place That is why I am participating in tournaments so I can find those conditions somewhere I am targeting the Asian Games and the goal is 75m I havenrsquot achieved it yet in practice and no athlete has done it yet but I am working on whatever improvements are possible in technique or strength to reach that markrdquoIndia also dominated the Menrsquos 400m Run T13 with Subodh Bhatt winning gold in 5188 seconds followed by Priyanshu Kaushik with silver in 5319 seconds and Avnil Kumar claiming bronze in 5691 secondsIn the Menrsquos 400m Run T46T47 Bhavikkumar Din Bharwad secured gold with a time of 4989 seconds while fellow Indian Jasbeer finished close behind to take silver in 5009 seconds Ivan Cvetkovic of Serbia won bronze with 5093 secondsIndia continued its dominance in the wheelchair category of the Menrsquos 400m Run T53T54 sweeping the podium with Manojkumar Sabapathi winning gold in 5433 seconds Anil Kumar taking silver in 5757 seconds and Manikandan Jothi securing bronze with a time of 10194The womenrsquos events also saw strong performances from Indian athletes In the Womenrsquos 400m Run T11T12 Tejalben Amraji Damor won gold with a time of 5753 seconds Lalitha Killaka secured silver in 10792 and Shalini Chaudhary completed another Indian podium sweep with bronze in 11679In field events Lakshmi won gold in the Womenrsquos Shot Put F36F37F40 with a throw of 776 metres while Akutai Sitaram Ulbhagat claimed silver with 549m and Chimi Dema of Bhutan secured bronze with 527mEven after winning gold in the womenrsquos 100m T35 event 2024 Paralympics double bronze medallist Preethi Pal was disappointed after she couldnt deliver her personal best at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix here having done that consistently for a month while practicing and said she is already looking at ways to improve in the upcoming racesThe Indian para sprinter clocked 1446 seconds to claim the top spot at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on the opening day of the competition on Wednesday However Preethi said fatigue towards the end of the race affected her executionldquoIt was my 100m race Towards the end I got exhausted and didnrsquot realise it at that moment Later I watched the race again to see how it wentrdquo Preethi told IANSWhile the gold medal added to her tally the Indian athlete stressed that timing remains the more important benchmark especially with bigger competitions aheadldquoIn the Grand Prix winning a gold medal is not the most important thing mdash what matters more is the timing Because our real goal is to win gold at the Asian Games and the Paralympicsrdquo she saidIndia also swept the podium in the Menrsquos Long Jump T42T63 with Shaliesh Kumar winning gold with a jump of 547 metres Ramsingbhai Govindbhai Padhiyar securing silver with 468m and Solairaj Jagannathan taking bronze with 323mAnother clean sweep came in the Menrsquos Shot Put F46 where Rohit Kumar clinched gold with a throw of 1435 metres Devendra Singh Gurjar won silver with 1397m and Lokesh Akula secured bronze with 1092mIndia continued its strong showing in throwing events with Sahil Salim Sayyad winning gold in the Menrsquos Discus Throw F51F55 with 3683 metres followed by Sukhchain with silver 3049m and Sudhir with bronze 2878mIn the Menrsquos Javelin Throw F12F13 Manjeet secured gold with a throw of 5786 metres Pratik Amrutrao Patil won silver with 5043m and Irfan Diwan claimed bronze with 4539m completing yet another podium sweep for IndiaIndia also dominated the Menrsquos Javelin Throw F40F41 with Sunil Kumar winning gold with 3258 metres Prince Kumar securing silver with 3123m and Kathir Dhanasekaran finishing with bronze with 1873mAmong other performances Mohit Pal won gold in the Menrsquos 400m Run T12 with a time of 5439 seconds while Lucky Yadav secured silver with 10427International athletes also impressed during the competition In the Menrsquos 400m Run T20 Russia claimed all three medals led by Sergei Makarov who won gold in 4920 seconds Meanwhile Natalia Sainchina of Russia secured gold in the Womenrsquos 400m Run T20 clocking 10052With several podium sweeps and standout performances Indian para athletes continued to demonstrate their growing strength on the international stage at the New Delhi 2026 World Para Athletics Grand PrixThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever