Javelin Thrower Sumit Antil Wins Gold for India at Tokyo Paralympics

Javelin Thrower Sumit Antil Wins Gold for India at Tokyo Paralympics

• India’s Sumit Antil has won gold medal in men’s javelin throw F64 final event at the Tokyo Paralympics, and in the process set a new world record throw of 68.55m. The 23-year-old Sumit hails from Sonepat in Haryana.
• Michal Burian of Australia won the silver medal (66.29m), while Sri Lanka’s Dulan Kodithuwakku won bronze medal.
• This is the second gold medal for India at the ongoing Tokyo Games and now the total medal tally of India has reached 7.
• Earlier, the bronze medal won by Vinod Kumar in the discus throw F56 final was declared as ineligible by the classification panel.