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Paris Paralympics 2024: Sumit Antil gained F64 gold (X)
Javelin thrower Sumit Antil turned the primary Indian man and second from the nation to defend the title as he gained the F64 class gold with Paralympics document of 70.59m.
India’s two-time World Champion Sumit Antil made historical past on Monday by changing into the primary para-athlete to win gold medals in consecutive Paralympic Video games, claiming the yellow steel in Males’s Javelin Throw F64 with a sensational Paralympic Document on the Stade de France on Monday.
Antil, the Tokyo Paralympic gold medallist, got here up with a dominant efficiency as he took the lead from the primary throw and by no means regarded again.
The gold gained by Antil is India’s third within the Paris Paralympic Video games, after these gained by Avani Lekhara in Ladies’s 10m Air Rifle SH1 and Nitesh Kumar in Males’s Singles SL3 badminton. It additionally took India’s tally to 14 medals — 3 gold, 5 silver and 6 bronze medals, which put the nation within the 14th place within the medals desk.
Antil, who holds the World Document of 73.29, broke the present Paralympic Document along with his first throw, hurling the spear to 69.11 metres to enhance on his document of 68.55 metres set at Tokyo in 2021.
He improved it additional in his second throw, pushing the javelin to 70.59 metres, thus nearly sealing the gold medal as not one of the different rivals got here near his first throw.
The 29-year-old Antil from Sonipat, Haryana, who gained the World Championship gold in 2023 at Paris after which once more in 2024 at Kobe, Japan a number of months in the past, managed throws of 66.66, a foul, 69.04 and 66.57 in his remaining makes an attempt.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi additionally took to social media to wishe Sumit Antil for his “distinctive efficiency”.
Sri Lanka’s Dulan Kodithuwakku claimed the silver medal with a greatest effort of 67.03 whereas Burian Michael of Australia took the bronze medal with a throw of 64.89.
India’s Sandeep Chaudhary completed fourth with a season’s greatest effort of 62.80.
A pre-tournament favorite for the gold medal within the Males’s F64 class, Sumit Antil has thus change into the second Indian after Devendra Jhajharia to win two gold medals in monitor and subject competitions on the Paralympic Video games. He’s additionally the third Indian para-sportsperson after Jhajharia and Avani Lekhara to win a number of gold medals within the Paralympic Video games.
