On Monday evening, India's Sumit Antil set World Record by winning gold medal in the men's javelin throw (Sport Class F64) at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics.
Prime Minister Modi among others congratulated Sumit for the spectacular win.
Sumit who went first in the field gave an almost uphill task to all contenders as he started the final by breaking his own World Record with a throw of 66.95m. The previous World Record was 62.88m, which Sumit improved by almost 4 meters in his very first attempt. Sandeep meanwhile went for 61.13m in his first attempt.
The man in red-hot form, Sumit threw 65.27m and 66.71m in the third and fourth attempt. He threw a monstrous throw of 68.55m in his fifth attempt to climb on the top of the podium.
Another Indian in the final Sandeep Chaudhary finished fourth with a season-best throw of 62.20m.
Meanwhile, Sandeep's second attempt was invalid while for the third he went for 62.20m which landed him in the fourth position.
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