New Delhi, 4 October (). Everyone’s eyes were fixed on Praveen Kumar at the World Para Athletics Championship 2025 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Saturday evening. Praveen, who has made the country proud several times before, performed brilliantly on the last day here on Saturday.
His run-up was the youngest in men’s high jump T64. Before running, he indicated the enthusiastic audience to calm down so that they could focus better. He was on a mission in every way. He performed very well in the entire event. But Uzbekistan’s Temurabek Giazov won the gold medal with a personal best time of 2.03 seconds. Jonathan Broome-Adwords of Great Britain won a silver medal with 2.00 seconds.
Praveen looked disappointed after winning a bronze medal in the countback and expressed his disappointment, and also explained the reason for not being able to live up to expectations. He said, “I got a bronze medal, but I will try to win a gold medal next time I had an injury to my hip. There was pain in the middle of my hips. And that’s why I was not able to perform well.”
Ekta Bhai’s silver medal in the Women’s Club Throw F51 increased the enthusiasm of local supporters. He performed his best for the season with 19.80 seconds.
Ekta looked satisfied with her result. He said, “Yes, my performance in the Asian Games was more than 21 meters. I have the World Championship [कोबे 2024] I won the gold medal, but yes, my performance is fine and I am happy with it. “
Now everyone’s attention is on Simran and Paris Paralympic F41 javelin throw gold winner Navdeep Singh for the 200m T12 event to be held on Sunday. Simran, who won the gold medal in 100 meters on Saturday, secured the first place by beating all the contestants in her heat and reached the semi -finals.
He along with his guide Omar Saifi recorded his best performance (25.03 seconds) of this season. Simran’s husband and coach Gajendra Singh said, “We are very inspired, but now we are our gold medal [100 मीटर] Not thinking about Our entire focus is on the next event. We are not sure about anything. It is a world championship. We just have to stay fit. We have to keep ourselves hydrated and be ready for tomorrow’s heat and final. “
Another medal for India on Saturday, Soman Rana won a silver medal in the men’s shotput F57 event (initially it was given a bronze medal, but it was converted into a silver medal after the throw of 14.82 seconds of Thiago Polyino DOS Santos). With Rana’s silver medal, India overtook a total of 17 medals of Kobe. India’s performance in New Delhi is the best ever.
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