Sumit Antil and Pushpendra Singh dominated the rostrum standings by clinching gold and bronze medals respectively within the males’s Javelin Throw-F64 last on Day 3 of the continued 4th Asian Para Games. Sumit broke the Asian Para Games document, World document and Asian document within the occasion with a throw of 73.29m. He reached the mark in his third try of the day and clinched a gold medal. Sri Lanka’s Arachchige Samitha bagged the silver medal with an try of 62.42m whereas Pushpendra Singh settled for silver with a throw of 62.06m.

PARALYMPIC AND WORLD CHAMPION SUMIT ANTIL IS NOW A ASIAN PARA GAMES CHAMPION

WR holder Sumit ANTIL created NEW WORLD RECORD with a throw of 73.29 mts in F64 Javelin Throw finals to win

Pushpendra wins with a greatest throw of 62.06 mts at similar occasionpic.twitter.com/0Ak1gWzaxJ

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With this triumph, India are within the fifth spot having clinched 36 medals with 10 gold, 12 silver and 14 bronze medals.

The Indian contingent might be eager to duplicate the success of Day 1 as they ended with 17 medals – 6 gold, 6 silver and 5 bronze.

This time India has despatched 303 athletes – 191 males and 112 ladies – to the fourth version of the Asian Para Games which is the biggest contingent to the continental occasion.

At the 2018 Asian Para Games, India despatched a complete of 190 athletes and returned with 72 medals, together with 15 gold, for his or her greatest efficiency on the quadrennial occasion.