Asian Para Games: Sumit Antil leads India's charge with world record
Hindustan TimesSumit Antil rewrote his world record with a gold medal-winning throw of 73.29m in the javelin F64 event as Indian para athletes bagged a stunning 30 medals on Wednesday to mark another productive day at the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou. Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted this photo on his X account congratulating Sumit Antil for winning the Gold Medal in the Men's Javelin F64 event at the Asian Para Games India's total medal count after three competition days stood at 64 and they were placed at the sixth spot. Antil arrived in Hangzhgou on the back of another world record — a 70.83m effort at the World Para Athletics Championships in Paris this July — and while his winning the gold appeared almost pre-ordained, his breaking another world record underscored Antil's appetite for success. Another Indian, Sundar Singh Gurjar, also set a new world record in the men's F46 javelin with a throw of 68.60m en route a gold medal.