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'Education and awareness biggest factors behind India's record rise in Paralympics': Sumit Antil at HTLS 2024

From winning its first-ever medal at the Paralympic Games back in 1972 through Murlikant Petkar's historic gold in swimming to grabbing a record 29 medals in the last edition at Paris earlier this year, India have come a long way in the Paralympics scene. Sumit Antil Sumit, who won gold in the men's javelin F64 event in Tokyo 2020 and …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Watch: Sumit Antil's record throw to win second consecutive Paralympic gold medal

Hindustan Times

Sumit Antil defended his Paralympic gold by throwing a Games record 70.59m in Paris on Monday. Here is a video of Antil's record throw: Antil is the first Indian man and second from the country to defend his Paralympic title, with Avani Lekhara having become the first to do so at Paris 2024 itself. Apart from Avani, current Paralympic Committee …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sweet sacrifice, sleepless nights: Sumit Antil defends Paralympic gold despite back injury

New Indian Express

PARIS: Carrying a back injury for more than a year, Indian javelin thrower Sumit Antil’s path to Paralympic glory was paved with a "sweet sacrifice" and several sleepless nights. The 26-year-old athlete faced a tough choice in the build-up to the Paralympics: either give up his favorite sweets or put his career at risk due to rapid weight gain and …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sumit Antil breaks Paralympic record to win javelin gold, defends title in Paris

Hindustan Times

India's Sumit Antil defended his Paralympic javelin gold medal, creating a new Games record to clinch the top podium in Paris on Monday. Sumit Antil Antil delivered an impressive performance in the final, launching a throw of 69.11m on his first attempt and then surpassing it with a new Paralympic record in the F64 category by breaking the 70m barrier. …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sumit Antil etches his name into history books, defends Gold medal with new record at Paralympic Games 2024

India TV News

Sumit Antil has etched his name into the history books as he has become the first Indian man to win back-to-back gold medals at the Paralympic Games. Sumit defended his gold with a new Paralympic record throw of 70.59m in the men's Javelin F64 event at the ongoing Paris Summer Games. The Indian Javelin star Sumit got to his second …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 5 Highlights: Sumit Antil bags India's third gold

Hindustan Times

Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 5 Highlights: Sumit Antil and Nitesh Kumar increased India's gold medal count to three on Day 5 of the ongoing Paralympics 2024. Suhas Yathiraj crashed to a 9-21 13-21 defeat against France's Lucas Mazur and had to settle for silver in men's singles SL4 badminton final. Manisha Ramadass added to India's medal tally with a win …

India Paralympics 2024

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 5 Highlights: Sumit Antil bags India's third gold

Hindustan Times

Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 5 Highlights: Sumit Antil and Nitesh Kumar increased India's gold medal count to three on Day 5 of the ongoing Paralympics 2024. Suhas Yathiraj crashed to a 9-21 13-21 defeat against France's Lucas Mazur and had to settle for silver in men's singles SL4 badminton final. Manisha Ramadass added to India's medal tally with a win …

India Paralympics 2024

3 months, 3 weeks ago

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

India TV News

Indian fans are set for an action-packed Day 5 at the Paris Paralympics 2024 on Monday with multiple medal matches lined up. India's schedule for Day 5 at Paris Paralympics 2024: 12:30 PM - Para Shooting - Nihal Singh, Amir Ahmad Bhat in the P3 Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 Qualification Precision. 13:40 PM Onwards - Para Badminton - Sivarajan Solaimalai …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Paralympics: From Sumit Antil to Sheetal Devi, top 10 Indians to watch out for

The Hindu

The Paris 2024 Paralympics will be underway on August 28, 2024, with India sending its highest-ever contingent of 84 para-athletes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Undoubtedly India’s biggest medal hope in the Paris Paralympics, Sumit Antil will want to continue the momentum from the Tokyo Paralympics, where he won the gold medal in the men’s javelin throw F64 category. He …

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4 months ago

Neeraj Chopra is an inspiration: Sumit Antil looks to defend his Paralympic gold

India Today

As the Paris Paralympics approach, all eyes are on javelin thrower Sumit Antil, the reigning champion from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. With the event set to take place from August 28 to September 8, Antil is determined to defend his title, drawing significant inspiration from his able-bodied counterpart, Neeraj Chopra, who recently clinched a silver medal at the Paris Olympics. …

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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 …

India World 2024 Ipl Para Throw Silver Medal

11 months, 4 weeks ago

Para athletes Sumit Antil, Sheetal Devi win top honours in Delhi

Hindustan Times

World record holder, world champion and 2020 Paralympic Games gold medalist Javelin thrower in the F64 category Sumit Antil, and recent Arjuna Awardee and double Asian Para Games gold medallist archer Sheetal Devi, won the coveted Best Male and Best Female athlete crowns at an award show held in Delhi on Saturday afternoon. Sumit, who threw the Javelin 73.29 meters …

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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 …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Asian Para Games: Sumit Antil leads India's charge with world record

Hindustan Times

Sumit 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 …

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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 …

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1 year, 2 months 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, 7 months ago

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

The Hindu

Sumit Antil broke his world record in the F64 javelin throw category at the fifth Indian Open Para Athletics International Championships in Bengaluru on Saturday. Yogesh Kathuniya and Pushpendra Singh also set new World Records and have also qualified for the 2023 World Athletics Championships. Yogesh created a new world record of 46.79m in men’s discus throw F55-57 category while …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Parasports yearender 2022: From Pramod, Manisha’s Worlds gold to Sumit Antil, Avani’s world records

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 …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Paralympic champ Sumit Antil breaks world record again, Yogesh Kathuniya set WR in discus at Para Nationals

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 …

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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 …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Padma Shri for Neeraj Chopra, Paralympics great Devendra Jhajharia to be conferred with Padma Bhushan

India Today

Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Neeraj Chopra is among the 6 sportspersons who will be conferred with the Padma Shri Award this year while Paralympics great Devendra Jhajharia is all set to receive the Padma Bhushan, the country's third-highest civilian award. India's women's hockey team star, Vandana Katariya, Tokyo Paralympics gold medalists Avani Lekhara, Sumit Antil and Pramod Bhagat are among …

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2 years, 11 months ago

A Friendship That Helped Sumit Antil Overcome an Accident, Win Paralympics Gold

News 18

A friend in need is a friend indeed, and it was a childhood mate who helped star javelin thrower, Sumit Antil, pull his life together after his leg was amputated following an accident, and go on to win a gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. He said, ‘I’m with you, you can do whatever you want’,” Antil told the …

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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 …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Neeraj Chopra, Sumit Antil Receives Personalised Mahindra XUV700 SUV

News 18

Neeraj Chopra’s javelin throw was historic as it gave India its first-ever athletics gold at the Tokyo Olympics earlier this year. Among the series of awards and cash rewards announced for the athletes, Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra announced that he would present the all-new Mahindra XUV 700 to the gold medallist Chopra and Tokyo Paralympics winner Sumit Antil as …

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'Education and awareness biggest factors behind India's record rise in Paralympics': Sumit Antil at HTLS 2024

Watch: Sumit Antil's record throw to win second consecutive Paralympic gold medal

Sweet sacrifice, sleepless nights: Sumit Antil defends Paralympic gold despite back injury

Sumit Antil breaks Paralympic record to win javelin gold, defends title in Paris

Sumit Antil etches his name into history books, defends Gold medal with new record at Paralympic Games 2024

Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 5 Highlights: Sumit Antil bags India's third gold

Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 5 Highlights: Sumit Antil bags India's third gold

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

Paris 2024 Paralympics: From Sumit Antil to Sheetal Devi, top 10 Indians to watch out for

Neeraj Chopra is an inspiration: Sumit Antil looks to defend his Paralympic gold

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

Para athletes Sumit Antil, Sheetal Devi win top honours in Delhi

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

Asian Para Games: Sumit Antil leads India's charge with world record

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

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

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

Parasports yearender 2022: From Pramod, Manisha’s Worlds gold to Sumit Antil, Avani’s world records

Paralympic champ Sumit Antil breaks world record again, Yogesh Kathuniya set WR in discus at Para Nationals

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

Padma Shri for Neeraj Chopra, Paralympics great Devendra Jhajharia to be conferred with Padma Bhushan

A Friendship That Helped Sumit Antil Overcome an Accident, Win Paralympics Gold

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

Neeraj Chopra, Sumit Antil Receives Personalised Mahindra XUV700 SUV