Pranav Soorma, Dharambir and Amit Kumar who gained all of the three medals in males’s membership throw F51 occasion. Photo: ianuragthakur
India swept all of the three medals in males’s membership throw F51 occasion with Pranav Soorma successful the gold on the opening day of athletics competitors on the Hangzhou Asian Para Games right here on October 23.
The 29-year-old Soorma broke the Asian Para Games report with an effort of 30.01m to clinch the gold whereas Dharambir (28.76m) and Amit Kumar (26.93m) had been second and third respectively.
There had been solely 4 opponents within the occasion with Saudi Arabia’s Radhi Ali Alharthi ending final with a throw of 23.77m.
Soorma suffered a spinal wire damage after an accident when he was 16-years-old and that left him paralysed. But that didn’t deter him from taking over para sports activities, and he gained a silver medal on the 2019 Beijing World Para Athletics Grand Prix occasion.
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The F51 membership throw occasion is for athletes who’ve motion affected to a excessive diploma within the trunk, legs and arms. All the opponents compete whereas seated and rely on their shoulders and arm to generate energy.
Three Indians additionally completed 1-2-3 within the males’s excessive leap T63 class however solely gold and silver had been awarded below Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) guidelines.
The three Indians had been the one opponents within the occasion and below APC’s ‘minus one rule’, Shailesh Kumar gained the gold with an Asian Para Games report leap of 1.82m whereas Mariyappan Thangavelu (1.80m) took the silver.
Govindbhai Ramsingbhai Padhiyar (1.78m) can not win a bronze below APC guidelines.
At least 4 athletes have to be within the fray to award all of the three medals. “In exceptional case where only three or fewer athletes compete, medal will be awarded following the ‘minus-one rule’. For example, if an event is finalised by 2 athletes/teams only, only gold medal will be allocated,” in keeping with the APC rule guide.
The 23-year-old Kumar had gained a silver within the World Para Athletics Championships earlier this yr whereas Thangavelu was fourth. Both have certified for subsequent yr’s Paris Paralympics.
Thangavelu had gained a gold medal in excessive leap T42 class in 2016 Rio Paralympics and silver in T63 in Tokyo Paralympics.
In T63 classification, athletes with a single leg above the knee amputation compete with a prosthesis.
Nishad Kumar gained India’s third gold of the day in males’s excessive leap T47 class as he cleared a peak of two.02m whereas compatriot Ram Pal took the bronze with an effort of 1.94m.
The T47 classification is supposed for athletes with a under elbow or wrist amputation or impairment.
Monu Ghangas gained the bronze medal in males’s shot put F11 occasion with an effort of 12.33m.
In girls’s canoe VL2 occasion, Prachi Yadav gained a silver with a time of 1:03.147.
In para sports activities, athletes are categorized in keeping with the diploma of exercise limitation ensuing from the impairment. Classification determines which athletes are eligible to compete in a selected occasion. This is completed to make sure truthful competitors.
