Sumit Antil’s “Khatarnak” Performance To Win Javelin Gold At Tokyo Paralympics. Watch

Sumit Antil not solely received the gold medal but additionally shattered the world report, not as soon as however thrice within the males’s javelin (F64) occasion on the Tokyo Paralympics on Monday. Sumit Antil’s record-breaking efficiency gave India it is second gold on the ongoing Paralympics in Tokyo after 19-year-old Avani Lekhara had received the ladies’s 10m Air Rifle Standing (SH1) occasion earlier within the day. Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, India’s first Olympic gold medallist in athletics, summed up Sumit’s gorgeous show in a single phrase: “khatarnak”.

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— Neeraj Chopra (@Neeraj_chopra1) August 30, 2021

Paralympic Committee of India’s Twitter deal with shared a video of Sumit Antil’s golden efficiency.

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— Paralympic India #Cheer4India #Praise4Para (@ParalympicIndia) August 30, 2021

Within the F64 closing, Summit hit the bottom working, breaking the world report along with his very first throw of 66.95m.

He bettered that mark within the subsequent try, with a throw of 68.08m. Simply to present context, the following finest throw on the time from somebody aside from Sumit was Michal Burian’s try of 62.86.

In his subsequent two throws, Sumit threw 65.27 and 66.91m, which meant three of his 4 throws have been gold-medal profitable throws. After 4 throws, solely Sri Lanka’s Dulan Kodithuwakku had come even close to any of Sumit’s throws with an try of 65.61 that put him in silver medal place.

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However the Indian wasn’t achieved but. He produced a gargantuan throw of 68.55 in his fifth try to interrupt his personal report for the third time. Sumit’s closing throw was a foul try however that did not matter as he already had the gold within the bag.

Silver medal went to Australia’s Michal Burian who notched a powerful distance of 66.29 in his closing try to push Sri Lanka’s Kodithuwakku down to 3rd.