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Paris Paralympics 2024: Sumit Antil bags India's third gold with record Javelin throw

| @indiablooms | Sep 03, 2024, at 06:23 am

India's Sumit Antil broke the Paralympics javelin record twice in the F64 final at Paralympics 2024 with a best throw of 70.59m to bag the gold medal.

With his achievement India's gold tally has gone up to three.

Earlier in the day, para-badminton star Nitesh Kumar brought home India's second gold medal, winning the Men's Singles SL3 para-badminton final.

He was not the only badminton medalist, as Suhas Yathiraj (SL4) and Thulasimathi Murugesan (SU5) bagged silver, while Manisha Ramadass (SU5) clinched bronze.

Armless archery star Sheetal Devi, alongside veteran Rakesh Kumar, brought home bronze in para archery Mixed Team Compound Event.

Yogesh Kathuniya had brought India the first medal of Day 5 in the Paris Paralympics, clinching a silver in the Men's Discus Throw F56 Final.

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