Indian para athlete Deepthi Jeevanji on Monday sealed a world record of 55.06 seconds in the women's 400 M T20 category at the ongoing Para Athletics World Championship 2024 in Japan's Kobe. After clocking 55.06 seconds in the Women's 400 M T20 category, Jeevanji bagged a gold medal. In the qualifying round, Jeevanji made her place in the finals of the Women's 400m T20 heat, setting a new Asian record with a time of 56.18 seconds. Para Shuttler Sukant Kadam Qualifies for Paris Paralympics 2024, Set to Play in Men's SL 4 Category.
In the Asian Para Games 2023, Jeevanji displayed an electrifying performance in winning a gold medal in the Women's 400m-T20 event. She secured a top podium finish ahead of Thailand's Orawan Kaising who gave her personal best time of 59.00s and still had to settle for silver. Japan's Niina Kanno bagged a bronze by clocking her personal best of 59.73s.
Deepthi Jeevanji Wins Gold Medal in Para Athletics World Championship 2024
A star ⭐️ is born@ParalympicIndia's Deepthi Jeevanji smashed the WORLD RECORD in the women's 400m T20 and grabbed her first world title at the age of 20.
She has started running in 2022!
⏰55.07#Kobe2024 #ParaAthletics @kobe2022wpac @Paralympics pic.twitter.com/ATdhyI8Q1L
— #ParaAthletics (@ParaAthletics) May 20, 2024
Meanwhile, para athlete Yogesh Kathuniya won Silver Medal in Men's F56 category Discuss Throw with a throw of 41.80 metres at the Para Athletics World Championship 2024. Earlier at the Para Athletics World Championship 2024, India's Preethi Pal won a bronze medal in the Women's 200m T35 category, bringing India's tally to 2 medals after Day 3.
While, Nishad Kumar, Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Silver Medalist, with an incredible season-best mark of 1.99 meters, made India proud in the Men's High Jump T47 final. Additionally, kudos to Ram Pal for finishing 6th with his season-best performance of 1.90 meters.
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