Javelin thrower Sumit Antil clinched India's 2nd gold at the ongoing Paralympics, shattering the guys's F64 category international file a couple of times in a beautiful Games debut overall performance right here on Monday.
The 23-yr-old from Sonepat in Haryana, who lost his left leg below the knee after he changed into involved in a motorcycle twist of fate in 2015, despatched the spear to sixty eight.55m in his fifth attempt, which became the satisfactory of the day with the aid of pretty a distance and a brand new world document.
In truth, he bettered the preceding world file of sixty two.88m, also set by means of him, 5 times on the day. His ultimate throw was a nasty. His series examine sixty six.95, 68.08, 65.27, 66.71, 68.55 and foul.
Australian Michal Burian (sixty six.29m) and Sri Lanka's Dulan Kodithuwakku (sixty five.61m) took the silver and bronze respectively.
The F64 category is for athletes with a leg amputation, who compete with prosthetics in a status role.
A pupil of Delhi's Ramjas College, Antil became an in a position-bodied wrestler before his coincidence which caused the amputation of his leg beneath the knee. A para athlete in his village initiated him to the sport in 2018.
He additionally competed towards Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra within the capable-bodied Indian Grand Prix series three on March five in Patiala.
He finished 7th with a first-rate throw of sixty six.43m even as Chopra shattered his very own country wide record with a big effort of 88.07m.
He won a silver in the F64 javelin throw at the 2019 World Championships in Dubai.
Shooter Avani Lekhara had claimed the women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 occasion gold within the morning.
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