India at Paralympics 2024, Day 5 Live: Sumit Antil wins gold in men’s javelin throw F64

Athletics, women’s discus throw F53: India’s Kanchan Lakhani throws a personal best 10.06m with her sixth and final attempt. That unfortunately would not be enough to earn a spot on the podium for the 40-year-old from Faridabad. She will finish sixth or seventh out of eight athletes with Mexico’s Ochoa Delgado Leticia yet to throw.

Athletics, women’s 400m T20 Heat 1: India’s Deepthi Jeevanji wins the heat, clocking 55.45s. The word record holder moves into the final!

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GOLD, SUMIT ANTIL????

He defends his men's javelin throw F64 crown with a Paralympic record 70.59m throw.

This is India's third gold medal at #Paris2024????https://t.co/7iNUSZ03w8 pic.twitter.com/Vn0MTYcquK— The Field (@thefield_in) September 2, 2024

Athletics, men’s javelin throw F64: Sandeep Chaudhary (62.80m) and Sandip Sargar (58.03m), meanwhile, finish fourth and seventh respectively.

Athletics, men’s javelin throw F64: Sumit Antil defends his Paralympics gold. He wins men’s javelin throw F64 with a Paralympic record throw of 70.58m.

Antil pockets India’s third gold medal of the 2024 Paralympic Games. He is also only the third Indian after Devendra Jhajaria and Avani Lekhara to win two Paralympic gold medals for India!

Athletics, men’s javelin throw F64: No change in standings after fifth throws for the three Indians in contention. Sandeep Chaudhary continues to be fourth, can he find the much needed push with...

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