: I’ll throw much better in the future: Sumit Antil after winning Paralympics gold with world record #IndiaNEWS Javelin thrower Sumit Antil clinched India’s second gold at the ongoing Paralympics

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I’ll throw much better in the future: Sumit Antil after winning Paralympics gold with world record #IndiaNEWS
Javelin thrower Sumit Antil clinched India’s second gold at the ongoing Paralympics in Tokyo on Monday, shattering the men’s F64 category world record multiple times in a stunning Games debut performance.On winning gold and setting a world record of 68.55 metres, he said, “This is my first Paralympics and I was a little nervous because the competitors are great. I was hoping for a 70-metre-plus throw, maybe I can do 75m. It was not my best, I am very happy to break the world record.�Also read:Watch: All of Sumit Antil’s record-breaking throws to win F64 javelin gold at Tokyo ParalympicsThree world records in six attempts: Reactions to javelin thrower Sumit Antil’s Paralympics goldTokyo Paralympics: Meet Sumit Antil, wrestler-turned-javelin thrower who never gave up on his dreamsA few months before the Tokyo Games, within a span of 20 days, Haryana’s Antil had broken the world record twice in the F-64 category. In his sixth and last attempt he hurled the javelin to a distance of 66.90 metres at the 19th Para-Athletics Championships at Bengaluru in March.The effort bettered his own world record of 66.43 metres, set during the third leg of the Indian Grand Prix on March 5 in Patiala.On how much further he can throw, he said, “In...Read more

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