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Hangzhou Asian Para Games, Day 3: Javelin thrower Sumit Antil smashes World Record again, Ankur Dhama wins second gold as Indians bag a whopping 30 medals

The fourth edition of Asian Para Games officially got underway with medal events from 22 October.India had won 14 medals at the 2010 edition, 33 in 2014 and 72 in 2018. In Guangzhou at the inaugural edition, India had won 1 gold while that number went up to 15 in Indonesia. In Jakarta, India finished 9th overall in the medals tally. Historically, much like the Asian Games, track and field have contributed most to the India medal tally at the Asian Para Games. Before the 2023 edition, India had won a total of 119 medals and 60 of those came from athletics. xxxxxxxx On Day 3, India got close to their best-ever tally at the Asian Para Games, raking in a total of 30 medals in Hangzhou on Wednesday. The headline belonged to Sumit Antil, the Tokyo Paralympics champion, as he broke his own Wor...
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Asian Para Games: Sumit Antil breaks world record, leads India’s 30-medal haul on Day 3 | Asian Games 2023 News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India's reigning Paralympic champion, Sumit Antil, broke his own javelin throw F64 world record with an astonishing 73.29m effort, securing the gold medal on the third day of the Hangzhou Asian Para Games on Wednesday. India's medal tally reached 64 (15 gold, 20 silver, 29 bronze), with this being the most successful day, where 17 of the 30 medals, including all six golds, came from athletics.Antil, aged 25, exceeded his previous world record of 70.83m. He was joined on the podium by another Indian, Pushpendra Singh, who claimed the bronze with a 62.06m throw. Antil, who hails from Sonepat, achieved this remarkable feat in the F64 category for athletes with a leg amputation, competing with prosthetics in a standing position.Additionally, Ankur Dhama made history as the first ...
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Sumit Antil: From 53 days in hospital after his leg was amputated to training with Neeraj Chopra and breaking Paralympic world records in Javelin

On a day when her 25-year-old son Sumit Antil broke the paralympic world record in men’s javelin throw F64 category, Nirmala Devi was busy overseeing the construction of their new home in village Khewra near Sonepat. Antil broke his own record of 70.83m with a massive throw of 73.29m at the Hangzhou Olympics Sports Centre and Devi would tell the construction workers to create a new space for the Asian Games gold medal too for her son.“Jab bhi main puchu ki mere liye kya layega videsh se, hamesha kahega ki medal hi launga. (Whenever I ask him what will you bring for me from abroad, he always says I will certainly get you the medal). He is very particular about his world records and plans to make a marking wall at our new home. Perhaps we have to wait for the Paris Olympics to get the fin...
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Indian para athletes earn 17 quota places for Paris Games, record best ever finish at World Championship | More sports News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Led by Paralympic champion Sumit Antil’s world record show, the Indian team returned home from the Paris 2023 World Para Athletics Championships with 10 medals, that included three gold, and 17 quota places for the Paris 2024 Paralympics.This was India’s best-ever show at a World Para Athletics Championships surpassing the mark at Dubai 2019 Worlds that had nine medals. India had five medals in World Para Athletics Championships London 2017. Not just by medals, new stars emerged at Paris 2023 who registered their personal best, won their first ever medals and joined the seasoned names among the top performers. There were women winners too, who won both medals and quotas, to leave a mark at the championships.Antil, who competed in his first major competition since his record-b...
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Para javelin thrower Sumit Antil breaks own world record to win gold at World Championships | More sports News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Indian Paralympic gold medallist Sumit Antil etched his name in the record books once again by setting a new world record in the F64 javelin throw event at the World Para-Athletics Championship in Paris. His exceptional performance saw him achieve a remarkable distance of 70.83 meters, surpassing his own previous record of 70.17 meters set during the Indian Open National Para Athletics Championships in May of the previous year.This latest achievement adds to Antil's impressive accolades, as he had previously clinched gold in the men's javelin F64/44 final at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, setting a world record throw of 68.55 meters.Furthermore, Antil has now secured a quota for the 2024 Paris Paralympics, making him the fourth Indian athlete to earn this distinction. The t...