Indian team won 5 medals at World Para Athletics Championships 2017, London

Eighth edition of World Para Athletics Championships was held in London, UK from 14^th to 23^rd July, 2017.It was organized by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee.

• Around 1,300 athletes from 100 countries participated in this championship, contesting at more than 200 medal events.
• Competition was held in the iconic London Stadium in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the same venue that staged athletics events during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
• India ranked at 34^th position on medal table. Indian team won 5 medals (1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze) in this championship.

World Para Athletics Championships 2017 – Medal Table – Top 5:

Gurjar 2nd Indian to win gold at World Para Athletics C’ship

Indian Para-athlete Sundar Singh Gurjar became second Indian to win gold at the World Para Athletics Championships.

• Sundar Singh Gurjar won Gold one in javelin throw at the Para-Athletics World Championships in London.
• Gurjar, whose left hand is amputated, recorded a personal best of 60.36 metres to win the gold medal.
• Earlier, para-athlete Devendra Jhajharia won gold in 2013.

Amit Kumar Wins Silver In World Para Athletics Championships

India’s Amit Kumar Saroha clinched a silver medal in men’s club throw competition in World Para Athletics Championships on July 17, 2017.

• Saroha’s best throw of 30.25m, which came in his third attempt, fetched him a silver medal.
• In the process, Amit Kumar set a new Asian record in this event.
• Serbia’s Zeljko Dimitrijevic retained his title with a world record throw of 31.99m.
• Saroha had also won a silver in this event in the last edition of World Para Athletics Championships in Doha in 2015.

Karamjyoti Dalal wins bronze medal at World Para Athletics

Discus-thrower Karamjyoti Dalal won a Bronze medal at World Para Athletics Championships 2017, in the Women’s category.

• Dalal, at the last moment, managed a throw of 19.02m, just overtaking Baharain’s Alomari Roba, who managed 19.01m.
• Though Karamjyoti was initially declared fourth, Chinese Yang Liwan’s post-event disqualification resulted in Karamjyoti being deemed the bronze medallist.

Sharad Kumar and Varun Bhati winning a silver and bronze at world Para Athletic Championship

High jumpers Sharad Kumar and Varun Bhati won silver and bronze medal respectively at Para Athletics Championships 2017.

• Sharad recorded his career-best performance with a jump of 1.84m, just 0.02m short of USA’s Sam Gwewe who took gold with a championship record.
• Varun Bhati, a Rio Paralympics medallist leaped 1.77m to won the bronze medal.