Nishad Kumar had gold in the bag and was at the top of his run-up, ready for another shot at the world record jump. Just then, Simran Sharma appeared on the track for her sprint. The officials asked Nishad to hold back. Less than 12 seconds after that, India had two world champions shining under the floodlights on Friday here at the World Para Athletics Championships being held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

Simran was crowned the new world champion in women’s 100m T12 event with a new personal best of 11.95 secs, while Nishad was on top of the world with a new Asian Record of 2.14m just 0.03cm shy of breaking the world record. Their results meant India’s gold medal tally now stands at six.