Deepthi Jeevanji Wins Gold Medal in Women’s 400 m T20 Category at Para Athletics World Championship 2024 (Watch Video)

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

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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