London: Javelin thrower Sundar Singh Gurjar opened India’s account at the World Para Athletics Championships by clinching the gold in the men’s javelin throw F46 category event here. Sundar recorded his personal best effort of 60.36 metres on the very first night of the tournament on Friday. Dinesh Priyantha Herath of Sri Lanka emerged second with […]
Dubai: A 23-member strong Indian team, led by reigning world champion Sundar Singh Gurjar, will be out to secure 2020 Tokyo Paralympics qualification slots when the World Para Athletics Championships kick off here on Thursday. The Indian team, which arrived here on Tuesday evening, did their first official training at the Dubai Club for People […]
Dubai: India’s top javelin throwers Sandeep Chaudhary and Sumit Antil secured the quota for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics by finishing at the top two spots in the men’s Javelin F64 finals at the ongoing Dubai 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. On Friday, the duo bettered their own world records in their categories en route to […]
Dubai: Top javelin thrower Sundar Singh Gurjar overcame a shoulder injury to claim the second gold for India with a season-best performance at the ongoing World Para Athletics Championships. In doing so, Sundar not only defended his London Worlds 2017 title but also became the only second Indian to have clinched two World Championships medal […]
Dubai: Two-time Asian Para Games champion Sharad Kumar cleared the bar with season’s best 1.83 metres to clinch the silver besides booking Tokyo 2020 slots along with Mariyappan Thangavelu at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai. Mariyappan, a Rio 2016 gold medallist, settled for bronze with a season’s best performance of 1.80 metres […]
Dubai: Team India signed off their campaign at the Dubai 2019 World Para Athletics (WPA) Championships with the biggest ever medals tally – nine medals – finishing in the 24th position as the curtains fell on the nine-day competition here on Saturday. Until Dubai 2019, London 2017 had been India’s best-ever show where the para-athletes […]
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