Sumit broke the world record thrice on his way to winning gold in the Men’s Javelin Throw final (F64) at Tokyo Paralympics on Monday.
His compatriot Sandeep failed to make the podium as he finished fourth in the event.
This is India’s second gold medal and seventh medal at the Games so far. Earlier, Avani Lekhara won the women’s 10m air rifle standing finals (SH 1), while Yogesh Kathuniya won silver in the men’s discus throw F56 event.
Devendra Jhajharia won silver in the men’s F46 javelin throw event with a personal best effort of 64.35m. Two-time reigning world champion Sundar Singh Gurjar won bronze with a throw of 64.01m.
On Sunday, Bhavinaben Patel and Nishad Kumar have won a silver each in women’s singles table tennis class 4 and men’s T47 high jump events respectively.
Vinod Kumar’s bronze medal in men’s discus throw F52 will not stand. He is designated as “Classification not Completed” and results of the competition are void.
