New Delhi: Haryana’s para javelin thrower Sumit Antil has broken the world record twice in the F-64 category with an effort of 66.90m to claim the gold medal during the National Para Athletics Championship on Friday.
The 22-year-old Antil bettered his own record of 66.43m which he had recorded during the Indian Grand Prix organised by the Athletics Federation of India at Patiala. He had competed with able-bodied athletes in that event.
He qualified for the Tokyo Paralympics during the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships where he had won a silver behind another Indian Sandeep Chaudhary.
The F44 category athletes have leg amputations or reduced function in one or both legs, and they compete without a prothesis.
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