Hangzhou Asian Para Games, Day 3: Javelin thrower Sumit Antil smashes World Record again, Ankur Dhama wins second gold as Indians bag a whopping 30 medals | Sport-others News

The fourth edition of Asian Para Games officially got underway with medal events from 22 October.India had won 14 medals at the 2010 edition, 33 in 2014 and 72 in 2018. In Guangzhou at the inaugural edition, India had won 1 gold while that number went up to 15 in Indonesia. In Jakarta, India finished 9th overall in the medals tally.
Horically, much like the Asian Games, track and field have contributed most to the India medal tally at the Asian Para Games. Before the 2023 edition, India had won a total of 119 medals and 60 of those came from athletics.
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On Day 3, India got close to their best-ever tally at the Asian Para Games, raking in a total of 30 medals in Hangzhou on Wednesday. The headline belonged to Sumit Antil, the Tokyo Paralympics champion, as he broke his own World Record yet again, throwing a massive 73.29m effort in Men’s Javelin Throw-F64 for a sensational gold.
Also impressive was Ankur Dhama, who became a double-gold medal in Hangzhou, adding the Men’s 1500m-T11 title to the Men’s 5000m-T11 he won earlier.
Men’s javelin throw saw Indians win gold medals in three different categories with Haney and Sundar Singh Gurjar joining Sumit. Sundar led an Indian clean sweep in Men’s Javelin Throw-F46.

SUMIT ANTIL THROWS 73.29m | NEW WR
What a phenomenal talent we have in @sumit_javelin
Remember #Tokyo
He is doing the same in #AsianParaGames2022
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— IndiaSportsHub (@IndiaSportsHub) October 25, 2023
As track & field continued to contribute majorly to the Indian tally, archery, table tennis, and badminton medals came in.
India’s tally at the end of Day 3 stood at 15 gold, 20 silver, and 29 bronze for a total of 64 medals.
Here’s a look at India’s medals from 25 October at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games:
Archery:
Silver: Rakesh Kumar & Suraj Singh, Men’s Doubles Compound – Open
Silver: Sheetal Devi & Sarita, Women’s Doubles Compound – Open
Bronze: Harvinder Singh & Sahil, Men’s Doubles Recurve – Open

Athletics:
Gold: Sumit, Men’s Javelin Throw-F64
Gold: Haney, Men’s Javelin Throw-F37/38
Gold: Sundar Singh Gurjar, Men’s Javelin Throw-F46
Gold: Ankur Dhama, Men’s 1500m-T11
Gold: Raju Rakshitha, Women’s 1500m-T11
Gold: Nimisha Chakkungalparambil Suresh Women’s Long Jump-T47
Silver: Sharath Makanahalli Shankarappa, Men’s 1500m-T13
Silver: Soman Rana, Men’s Shot Put-F57
Silver: Rinku, Men’s Javelin Throw-F46
Silver: Lalitha Killaka, Women’s 1500m-T11
Silver: Pooja, Women’s Discus Throw-F54/55
Bronze: Narayan Thakur, Men’s 200m-T35
Bronze: Shreyansh Trivedi, Men’s 200m-T37
Bronze: Balwant Singh Rawat, Men’s 1500m-T13
Bronze: Sema Hokato Hotozhe, Men’s Shot Put-F57
Bronze: Ajeet Singh, Men’s Javelin Throw-F46
Bronze: Pushpendra Singh, Men’s Javelin Throw-F64
Para Badminton:
Bronze: Manasi Girishchandra, Women’s Singles SL3
Bronze: Mandeep Kaur, Women’s Singles SL3
Bronze: Vaishnav Puneyani, Women’s Singles SL4
Bronze: Pramod Bhagat & Manisha Ramadass, Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5Most Read
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Bronze: Nitesh Kumar & Thulasimathi Murugesan, Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5
Bronze: Sivarajan Solaimalai & Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan, Mixed Doubles SH6
Powerlifting:
Silver: Zainab Khatoon, Women’s -61 kg
Bronze: Raj Kumari, Women’s -61 kg

Table tennis:
Bronze: Sandeep Dangi, Men’s Singles – Class 1
Bronze: Bhavina HasmukhBhai Patel, Women’s Singles – Class 4