World Para Athletics | Rinku wins gold with championship report

A day after his namesake gained the Asia Cup in cricket for India, Rinku Singh went one additional, setting a brand new championship report en route being topped the world champion on the World Para Athletics Championships in entrance of a small however vocal crowd of supporters on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Monday.

Rinku, who completed second within the final two editions, was third time fortunate, registering a formidable 66.37m within the javelin throw F46 class, virtually two metres forward of compatriot and two-time former champion Sundar Singh Gurjar (64.36m). World report holder Gurjar edged forward of Cuba’s Guillermo Gonzalez in his penultimate throw whereas twice medallist Ajeet Singh narrowly missed the podiumand an opportunity to make it a clear sweep for India, ending fourth with a season’s better of 61.77m.

In truth, each one of many 11 contestants managed both a season’s or private greatest, making it some of the spectacular occasions on the event right here to this point and the most efficient for India. Mahendra Gurjar, nonetheless, disillusioned within the T63 lengthy soar, ending final with three fouls and no mark towards his identify.

Australian James Turner prolonged his domination within the 400m T36 class, the world report holder profitable his fifth medal and fourth gold in 52.18 seconds. Denis Gnezdilov, competing right here as a Neutral Para Athlete due to Russia’s ban, set a brand new world report within the shot put F40 with a throw of 11.92m pushing the reigning champion Miguel Montiero to second spoteven as India’s Ravi Rongali completed sixth with a season’s better of 10.10m. Among the ladies, world report holder Faustyna Kotlowska of Poland simply gained the discus throw F64 in 38.96meven as India’s Dayawanti fought laborious for a fourth-place end with 27.94m, a brand new Asian report.

The outcomes: Men: 400m T36: James Turner (Aus, 52.18s); 400m T34: Chaiwat Rattana (Tha, 48.01s); 400m T53: Pongsakorn Paeyo (Tha, 46.81s); Shot Put F53: Bartosz Gorczak (Pol, 8.67m), Ayush Verma (fifth, 7.23m); Shot Put F40: Denis Gnezdilov (NPA, 11.92m), Ravi Rongali (sixth, 10.10m); Long Jump T63: Joel De Jong (Ned, 7.57m), Mahendra Gurjar (NM); Discus Throw F52: Aigar Apinis (Lat, 19.32m); Javelin Throw F46: Rinku (66.37m) new CR, Sundar Singh Gurjar (64.76m), Ajeet Singh (4th, 61.77m).

Women: 100m T38: Angie Morales (Col, 12.34s); 100m T47: Kiara Rodriguez (Ecu, 11.97s); 400m T11: Thalita Da Silva with information Felipe Da Silva (Bra, 59.76s); 800m T53: Catherine DeBrunner (Sui, 1:40.16); 800m T54: Lea Bayekula (Bel, 1:48.91); Discus Throw F44: Osiris Aneth Machado (Mex, 44.36m); Discus Throw F64: Faustyna Kotlowska (Pol, 38.96m), Dayawanti (4th, 27.94m); Shot Put F20: Sabrina Fortune (GBR, 16.75m); Long Jump T12: Yokutkhon Kholbekova (Uzb, 5.54m); Javelin Throw F34: Lijuan Zou (Chn, 21.41m).