Rinku, Atul lead India’s stellar show
India delivered a stellar performance on the second day of the World Para Athletics Grand Prix with Rinku Hooda emerging as the standout star in the men's javelin event. Rinku clinched the gold medal in the F46 category with an impressive throw of 60.26 meters.
India's dominance was further underlined in the men's javelin F12, F37, F42, F43 combined category. Pushpendra Singh (57.57m) won gold, followed by Mohit (45.45m) and Jaswant (45.94m).
The momentum continued across other field events, with Ritender (30.33m) adding another gold for India in the men's javelin F40/F41 category.
In the men's discus throw F56/F57 event, India's Atul Kaushik emerged victorious with a throw of 43.92m, while Ram Kumar Yadav clinched silver with 30.59m.
In the women's shot put event, Khushboo Gill took silver with 9.52m and Ananya Bansal earned bronze with 7.73m. In the women's javelin F34 category, India's Baghyashri Jadhav won gold with a throw of 12.73m.
In another dominant show, the men's 400 meters T47 event saw Dilip Gavit storm to gold with a time of 48.78 seconds. Jasbeer followed with 49.64 seconds to take silver, while Bhavikkumar Dineshbhai claimed bronze in 50.32 seconds.
