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A Friendship That Helped Sumit Antil Overcome an Accident, Win Paralympics Gold
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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Record-breaker Sumit Antil has more peaks to conquer
3 years, 1 month ago

Record-breaker Sumit Antil has more peaks to conquer

The Hindu  

“Main Olympic medal leke aunga. WATCH: Sumit Antil on Paralympics success, life as a para athlete, Neeraj Chopra and more “I broke down when I came back from the operation theatre. I told him not to tell anyone.” Sumit’s friends found out about his prosthetic leg and sports career only when his name appeared in newspapers after he was selected …

India Paralympics Record World Medal Javelin Told
'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 …

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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 …

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'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 …

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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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