Ekta, Soman and Praveen add to Indias medal tally

Ekta Bhayan grew to become the 18th medallist as India surpassed its best-ever efficiency on the World Para Athletics Championships on the penultimate day of motion on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium right here on Saturday.

Ekta, the defending champion within the F51 Club Throw class, managed a finest throw of 19.80m in her remaining try and accept silver behind Ukraine’s Zoia Ovsii (24.03m) however declared she was glad along with her efficiency. India had 17 medals within the earlier version in Kobe.

India added three extra to its tally on Day Seven, together with two medals – silver for Soman Rana in Shot Put F57 and bronze for Praveen Kumar in High Jump T64 – to stay fifth on the desk whereas China overtook Brazil to go prime with 41 medals up to now.

“The goal was gold clearly however that is my third world championship medal and I’m glad I might repeat my efficiency from final yr. There was a little bit strain each as defending champion and it being held at dwelling however that’s the fantastic thing about sports activities, it’s important to overcome your challenges,” the 40-year previous mentioned after including a silver to her bronze (2023) and gold (2024) to finish her assortment.

Despite difficult, sultry climate situations that made holding the membership tough, Ekta was happier for the truth that she her Paralympic dream was alive with LA28 together with her occasion within the programme after it was dropped at Paris final yr.

Paris Paralympics gold medallist Praveen, who had a bronze on the 2023 Worlds earlier than ending an agonising 4th final yr, added a second bronze with a season’s finest leap of two metres regardless of a sore again that hampered his coaching. But the shock of the day was the 42-year previous mine-blast survivor from Indian Army Soman Rana, successful his first-ever world stage medal after shut 4th and fifth place finishes within the final two Paralympics.

In the morning, Chakkungal Parambil completed 4th within the girls’s Long Jump T47 with a 5.74m leap for a brand new Asian document.

The outcomes: Men: 100m T52: Anthony Bouchard (Can, 16.95s); 100m T35: Artem Kalashian (NPA, 11.55s); 100m T51: Peter Genyn (Bel, 20.19s); 1500m T20: Michael Brannigan (USA, 3:50.44); 1500m T46: Aleksandr Iaremchuk (NPA, 3:53.26); High Jump T64: Temurbek Giyazov (Uzb, 2.03m), Praveen Kumar (third, 2.00m), Banti (sixth, 1.87m); Javelin Throw F13: Daniel Pembroke (GBR, 68.51m), Manjeet (fifth, 57.80m); Javelin Throw F54: Ali Baziyarshoorijeh (Iri, 32.24m), Pradeep Kumar (seventh, 26.11m); Shot Put F38: Levino Denis (Col, 20.38m), bettering personal WR; Shot Put F57: Yasin Khosravi (Iri, 16.60m) bettering personal WR, Soman Rana (2nd, 14.69m), Hokato Sema (sixth, 14.35m), Shubham Juyal (seventh, 13.72m).

Women: 800m T34: Hannah Cockroft (GBR, 1:49.88); Long Jump T11: Alba Falagan (Esp, 4.80m); Long Jump T47: Kiara Rodriguez (Ecu, 6.29m), Chakkungal Parambil (4th, 5.74m) AR; Shot Put F12: Assunta Legnante (Ita, 14.44m); Shot Put F35: Mariia Pomazan (Ukr, 12.04m); Club Throw F51: Zoia Ovsii (Ukr, 24.03m), Ekta Bhayan (2nd, 19.80m), Kashish Lakra (11.64m); Universal 4x100m: Netherlands (47.73s).