Telangana’s Deepthi Jeevanji wins gold in women’s 400m at National Para Athletics meet

Telangana’s Deepthi Jeevanji clocked 56.70 seconds to win the women’s 400m gold at the National Para Athletics Championships. Other standout performances came from Sumit Antil, Navdeep Singh, and Preeti Pal, who clinched gold in their respective events.

Hyderabad: Telangana’s Deepthi Jeevanji clocked 56.70 sec to clinch the gold in thewomen’s 400m T11, 12, 12 & T20) of the National Para athletics meet at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.

Gujarat’s Damor Tejal Amaraji (58.70 seconds) and Haryana’s Bhuvi Agarwal (1:09.60) completed the podium.

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In the men’s Javelin Throw (F12 & F64), double Paralympic medallist Sumit Antil of Haryana reaffirmed his dominance by clinching gold with an outstanding throw of 72.25 metres .

His compatriot Manjeet secured silver with a commendable effort of 54.56 meters, while Pradeep Kumar of SSCB earned bronze with a throw of 45.17 meters.

In the F40 & F41 Javelin category, Haryana’s golden streak continued with Paris Paralympics champion Navdeep Singh throwing 42.63 meters to secure top honours. Prince, also from Haryana, bagged the silver medal with a 31.90-meter effort, and Delhi’s Ritender completed the podium with a 30.85-meter throw. In the Javelin F46 category Rajasthan’s Sundar Singh Gujjar emerged victorious with a throw of 64.53 meters, narrowly edging out Haryana’s Rinku Hooda (63.98 meters) and Uttar Pradesh’s Ajeet Singh (63.25 meters).

On the track, Uttar Pradesh’s Preeti Pal dazzled the crowd in the Women’s 100m (T35, T37 & T42) by winning gold with an impressive 15-second sprint. She was followed by Gujarat’s Bina Mordiay, who
clocked 17.20 seconds, while Haryana’s Avani claimed bronze at 20.40 seconds. in the Women’s 100m (T12 & T13) category Simran from Uttar Pradesh continued her fine form finishing in 12.30 seconds to take the gold, ahead of Odisha’s Janaki Oram (14.20 seconds) and Goa’s Sakshi Kale (14.90 seconds).

In Men’s Shot Put (F56 & F57), the Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) executed a clean sweep, with Hokato Sema claiming gold with a throw of 14.88 meters, followed by Soman Rana (14.66 meters) and
Shubham Juyal (13.58 meters).

In Javelin Throw (F33, F53 & F54), Uttar Pradesh’s Pradeep Kumar bagged gold, Odisha’s Kamalakanta Nayak took silver, and Delhi’s Abhisehk Chamoli secured bronze. In the Men’s Long Jump (T13) Delhi’s
Sujith soared to 6.54 meters to claim gold, with Gujarat’s Chauhan Pradip Mafaji (5.71 meters) and Andhra Pradesh’s Srihari Boddu (5.64 meters) finishing second and third.