Sumit Antil says he dreams to participate in both Olympics and Paralympics in Paris 2024
3 years, 3 months ago

Sumit Antil says he dreams to participate in both Olympics and Paralympics in Paris 2024

Op India  

Indian Para Athlete Sumit Antil, who won gold in javelin throw at the ongoing Paralympics in Tokyo has said that he dreams of participating in Paris 2024 Olympics as well as Paralympics. “Don’t be surprised to see me at Paris 2024 taking part in both Olympics and Paralympics. Let your dream happen' – see you in @Paris2024 👋https://t.co/NPVCEMFkCO pic.twitter.com/FzY7WYOdEj — Paris 2024 August 31, 2021 Paris 2024 official Twitter handle shared this information and tweeted, “Let your dream happen – see you in #Paris2024”. An elated Antil then said, “Don’t be surprised to see me at Paris 2024 taking part in both Olympic and Paralympics.

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News 18  

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ABP News  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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India TV News  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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New Indian Express  

PARIS: Star javelin thrower Sumit Antil on Monday became the first Indian man and second from the country to defend the title as he won the F64 category gold with Paralympics record of 70.59m at the Paris Games. Earlier in the day, Yogesh Kathuniya clinched his second consecutive Paralympic silver medal in men's discus throw F-56 event with a season's …

India at Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 5 schedule: Sumit Antil in javelin final, Nitesh Kumar targets Gold
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India TV News  

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Firstpost  

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ABP News  

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The Hindu  

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ABP News  

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The Hindu  

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India Today  

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Live Mint  

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ABP News  

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New Indian Express  

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News 18  

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The Hindu  

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India Today  

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7 months ago

World Para-Athletics Championships 2024: Sumit Antil Defends F64 Javelin Throw World Title

News 18  

Reigning Paralympics champion Sumit Antil on Tuesday defended his F64 javelin throw world title while Thangavelu Mariyappan and Ekta Bhyan also grabbed gold medals in their respective high jump and club throw events on a productive day for India in the World Para Athletics Championships here. Antil, who had won gold in the Tokyo Paralympics and 2023 World Para Athletics …

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The Hindu  

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11 months ago

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The Hindu  

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Complete focus is on next year’s Paris Paralympics: Shooter Avani Lekhara
1 year ago

Complete focus is on next year’s Paris Paralympics: Shooter Avani Lekhara

The Hindu  

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'I Want To Prepare For the Paris Paralympics In My City Sonipat': WR Para Javelin Thrower Sumit Antil
1 year ago

'I Want To Prepare For the Paris Paralympics In My City Sonipat': WR Para Javelin Thrower Sumit Antil

News 18  

World record holder para javelin thrower Sumit Antil on Sunday said that he wants to prepare for next year’s Paris Paralympic Games at his home city Sonipat and not abroad. Antil, who won gold medal in Tokyo Paralympics in F64 category, holds the current world record, having thrown 73.29m at the recent Hangzhou Asian Para Games. “The Para Asian Games …

Sumit Antil: After Neeraj bhaiya’s win, I had to leave a golden mark in javelin
1 year, 1 month ago

Sumit Antil: After Neeraj bhaiya’s win, I had to leave a golden mark in javelin

Hindustan Times  

Para athlete Sumit Antil recently scripted history by winning the first gold for India in men’s javelin throw F64 with 73.29m at the recently concluded Asian Para Games 2023, in Hangzou. Back home in India now, the 25-year-old alumnus of Delhi University’s Ramjas College says, “Neeraj bhaiya’s win made me feel ‘I have to leave a golden mark of my …

Paralympics champion Sumit Antil breaks world record, leads India's 30-medal haul in Asian Para Games
1 year, 1 month ago

Paralympics champion Sumit Antil breaks world record, leads India's 30-medal haul in Asian Para Games

The Hindu  

Reigning Paralympics champion Sumit Antil on Wednesday bettered his own javelin throw F64 world record with a stunning 73.29m effort on way to winning gold as he led India's whopping 30-medal haul on the third day of competitions at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games. Antil, the reigning world champion, had won gold in the men's javelin F64 event at the …

Sumit Antil targets 75m in Paralympics after breaking World Record at Asian Para Games 2023
1 year, 1 month ago

Sumit Antil targets 75m in Paralympics after breaking World Record at Asian Para Games 2023

The Hindu  

A few weeks ago, Sumit Antil’s congratulatory message was one amongst the thousands of similar texts that flooded Neeraj Chopra’s phone following his gold medal in the men’s javelin throw competition at the Hangzhou Para Asian Games. On Wednesday, not only did Antil win gold in the men’s javelin throw F-64 category at the Para Asian Games, he did so …

Asian Para Games 2023: Sumit Antil wins gold in men’s javelin F64 event with new world record
1 year, 1 month ago

Asian Para Games 2023: Sumit Antil wins gold in men’s javelin F64 event with new world record

The Hindu  

Reigning Paralympic and world champion Sumit Antil successfully defended his gold medal while also improving his own world record in the men’s javelin F64 event at the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China, on Wednesday. His second throw was measured at 70.48m, just short of the 70.83m world record mark he had achieved at the World Para Athletics Championships in …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Sumit Antil, Avani Lekhara take top honours at PCI’s International Paralympic Day celebrations

The Hindu  

The Paralympic Committee of India, in collaboration with Indian Oil Corporation Limited and Signpost India, celebrated the International Paralympic Day here on Sunday. “It has been the vision of our honourable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, to see new India as inclusive India, and this event is furthering his vision to help India be recognized globally for promoting diversity and …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Sachin Khilari sets new Asian record en route to gold at Para Athletics World C'ships

The Hindu  

Sachin Sarjerao Khilari bagged India's eighth quota for next year's Paralympics after clinching the gold medal in men's shot put F46 event at the Para Athletics World Championships in Paris on Friday. On Thursday, Paralympic gold medallist Sumit Antil scripted a world record in F64 javelin throw with a best attempt of 70.83m at the World Championship. Antil bettered his …

Sumit Antil breaks his World Record at Indian Open National Para Athletics Championships 2023
1 year, 7 months ago

Sumit Antil breaks his World Record at Indian Open National Para Athletics Championships 2023

The Hindu  

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Parasports yearender 2022: From Pramod, Manisha’s Worlds gold to Sumit Antil, Avani’s world records
1 year, 11 months ago

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The Hindu  

It was a busy year for Indian para sports. Sumit Antil breaks his own world record Sumit Antil broke his world record in the F64 javelin throw at the fourth Indian Open National Para Athletics Championship 2022 in Bengaluru. Shooter Avani Lekhara sets world record 21-year-old para shooter Avani set a world record score of 250.6 in 10m air rifle …

Paralympic champ Sumit Antil breaks world record again, Yogesh Kathuniya set WR in discus at Para Nationals
2 years, 4 months ago

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The Hindu  

Sumit Antil broke his world record in the F64 javelin throw at the fourth Indian Open National Para Athletics Championship 2022 in Bengaluru on Friday. Sumit had won gold in the men’s javelin F64/44 final with a world record throw of 68.55m at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. 🚨 WORLD RECORD ALERT 🚨@sumit_javelin and @YogeshKathuniya took top honours in javelin …

Sumit Antil: ‘I am serving my country in my own way’
2 years, 7 months ago

Sumit Antil: ‘I am serving my country in my own way’

The Hindu  

When Sumit Antil won the gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, it was not just his first Paralympic gold, but also the first for India in para-athletics. READ: Record-breaker Sumit Antil has more peaks to conquer The para-javelin thrower won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the F64 category, with a throw of 68.55m in the …

Padma Awards 2022: 23-year-old Sumit Antil Honoured With Padma Shri After Dominating Show in Tokyo Paralympics
2 years, 10 months ago

Padma Awards 2022: 23-year-old Sumit Antil Honoured With Padma Shri After Dominating Show in Tokyo Paralympics

News 18  

Sumit Antil has been honoured with the Padma Shri award on the eve of Republic Day 2022. He was earlier conferred with the Khel Ratna Award in 2021 after he won the gold medal in Tokyo Paralympics for his record-breaking throw in the men’s javelin throw F64 category. Antil produced a memorable performance in Tokyo Paralympics where he went on …

Want to Cross 85m Mark, Says Paralympic Javelin Throw Champion Sumit Antil
2 years, 11 months ago

Want to Cross 85m Mark, Says Paralympic Javelin Throw Champion Sumit Antil

News 18  

Indian para-athlete Sumit Antil, who rose to fame by smashing the World Record thrice on his way to a gold medal javelin throw in the Tokyo Paralympic Games earlier this year, has set himself a target of crossing the 80-metre mark in the next season. Antil, who won a gold medal in men’s javelin throw F64 in Tokyo Paralympics in …

'People now recognise me': Tokyo gold medallist Sumit Antil on new-found fame
3 years, 2 months ago

'People now recognise me': Tokyo gold medallist Sumit Antil on new-found fame

Firstpost  

The year 2020 came with its fare share of lessons for Tokyo Paralympics gold medallist Sumit Antil. He now looks back at last year’s challenges as an important factor in getting him the gold medal in F64 para javelin throw. Sumit Antil broke the javelin throw record thrice in a space of five throws at the Tokyo Paralympics. But Sumit …

Couldn’t have asked for a better debut: Sumit Antil
3 years, 3 months ago

Couldn’t have asked for a better debut: Sumit Antil

Deccan Chronicle  

In a historic performance, Javelin thrower Sumit Antil clinched the second gold medal for India in the ongoing Paralympics at Tokyo on Monday, the first in the field of athletics for the event. That moment of incredible disbelief While participating in the Paralympics was itself a great thing for the 23-year-old para javelin thrower, who’d earlier won a silver medal …

'It wasn't my best performance': Sumit Antil on Tokyo 2020 gold with world record throws
3 years, 3 months ago

'It wasn't my best performance': Sumit Antil on Tokyo 2020 gold with world record throws

Firstpost  

Sumit Antil said: “I was a little nervous because the competitors are great. It was not my best, I am very happy to break the world record.” Tokyo: Resetting the world record three times on his way to gold in the Paralympics did not suffice for javelin thrower Sumit Antil, who vowed to better what was already an incredible performance …

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Meet Sumit Antil, who reset world record thrice on way to winning javelin gold
3 years, 3 months ago

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Meet Sumit Antil, who reset world record thrice on way to winning javelin gold

Firstpost  

Javelin thrower Sumit Antil won India’s seventh medal of Tokyo Paralympics. Here’s a short profile of the man who reset the world record thrice on the way to winning gold at Tokyo Paralympics Javelin thrower Sumit Antil won India’s seventh medal of Tokyo Paralympics on Monday. In fact, he reset his own world record thrice on Monday, first hurling the …

Tokyo Paralympics 2021 Sumit Antil Wins Gold in Javelin Throw F64 Class
3 years, 3 months ago

Tokyo Paralympics 2021 Sumit Antil Wins Gold in Javelin Throw F64 Class

ABP News  

New Delhi: India's Sumit Antil wins gold medal in Men's javelin throw event with a world record throw of 68.55 mm at the National stadium in Tokyo on Monday. Sumit threw a monstrous throw of 68.55 mm in his final and fifth attempt to clinch the gold medal and finish at the top of the podium to secure a second …

Sumit Antil breaks own world record in F44 javelin throw during National Para Athletics
3 years, 8 months ago

Sumit Antil breaks own world record in F44 javelin throw during National Para Athletics

The Hindu  

Tokyo Paralympics-bound Sumit Antil broke his own javelin throw world record in the F44 category with an effort of 66.90m to claim the gold medal during the National Para Athletics Championship here on Friday. He qualified for the Tokyo Paralympics during the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships where he had won a silver behind another Indian Sandeep Chaudhary. Chaudhary, who …

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