On October 1, the para athletes of India will aim at improving on their good performance in the 2025 world para athletics room within the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in New Delhi. At the beginning of Day 5, India had already won nine medals, four golds, four silvers, and one bronze. It had been a very successful day the day before, with Sumit Antil and Sandip Sargar taking the gold in their both the javelin events, F64 and F44 respectively, with Antil having set a championship record of 71.37 m, and Sargar winning in F44 at 62.82 m. Sandeep Chaudhary won the silver in the same F44 event with a throw of 62.67 m, making it the one two event and giving India a one two finish.
Para Athletics World Championships 2025: India’s Fixtures On October 1
The timetable of the 1st of October comprises a combination of track and field competitions, where the medal finals and the qualifying rounds are distributed all throughout the day. It starts with the Women’s final in the Javelin Throw F56 at 09:00 IST and Suchitra Parida is in the competition. At a very short distance later, at 09:45 IST, the American Anjanaben Bumbadiya will compete in Women 400 m T47 Heat 1. India will also present the athletes in the men’s events in the evening: at 17:00 IST Men Discus Throw F57 Qualification Rounds will feature Birbhadra Singh and Priyans Kumar. At a later time 17:37 IST, Dilip Gavit will run in the T47 400 m Heat of Men.
Para Athletics World Championships 2025: India’s Performance
The Indians will be targeting to win more medals and establish themselves in para athletics as the championships continue. The distribution of track heats, field qualifying rounds and Medal finals implies that each athlete will be required to be on top of their game throughout all sessions. As the Indian team has home advantage and increasing momentum, there are high hopes that it will have a big presence during this penultimate stage of the competition.
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