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'After Tokyo, You Took A Promise...': Sumit Antil Dedicates His Second Paralympic Gold To PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi: India's two-time World Champion and Paralympic medallist Sumit Antil, who secured his second consecutive gold medal at the Paris Para Games, dedicated the achievement to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This fulfilled a promise he made to the Prime Minister following his victory at the Tokyo Paralympics.
Sumit made history by becoming the first para-athlete to win gold medals in consecutive Paralympic Games, claiming the yellow medal in Men's Javelin Throw F64 with a sensational Paralympic Record.
The 26-year-old Indian para-athlete achieved the feat with a new Paralympic record of 70.59m at the Stade de France. Incredibly, Sumit got the better of the previous Paralympic record, set by him to win the gold medal at Tokyo 2020, thrice.
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