Golden victory! Sundar Singh Gujar secures Tokyo Paralympic Games quota in javelin throw

News Bharati    11-Nov-2019
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Dubai, November 11: Sundar Singh Gurjar today defended World Para Athletics Championships title in the men's F46 javelin throw event. He has thus secured Tokyo Paralympic Games quota, along with the bronze winner Ajeet Singh and Rinku in Dubai.

Gurjar came up with his season's best effort of 61.22m to claim the top spot. Ajeet Singh sent the spear to a distance of 59.46m to clinch the bronze while Rinku finished fourth. The F46 category athletes have a single below or above the elbow amputation. India now have two gold, one silver and a bronze from this Championships.
Under International Paralympic Committee rules, the top four ranked athletes at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in each of the individual medal events on the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Programme (excluding Marathon) will each obtain one qualification slot for their respective country.