On Wednesday, India’s Sachin Sarjerao Khilari broke India’s record by defending his gold medal in the men’s shot put F46 category at the World Para Athletics Championship with an Asian record. Sachin broke his previous Asian record of 16.21 metres achieved in Paris last year, heaving the iron ball to a height of 16.30 metres.
Dharambir placed third in the men’s club throw F51 final with a throw of 33.61 metres. The gold medalist from the Asian Games in Hangzhou was confident about his victory. Sachin said from Kobe, “I was expecting the gold here, and I am happy. I have also qualified for the Paris Olympics and hope to win gold there too.”
India still has three days to go, and head coach Satyanarayan is confident his team will win two more gold medals and strive for a total of 17 medals. India moved up to third place on Tuesday as Paralympic champion Sumit Antil successfully defended his F64 javelin throw world championship. Thangavelu Mariyappan and Ekta Bhyan both won gold.
With 12 medals in total—five of them gold—India is currently ranked third, behind China and Brazil. This exceeds their previous highest total of 10 medals from the Paris 2023 edition (3 gold, 4 silver, and 3 bronze).
