India’s Sundar Singh Gurjar has won gold on the opening night of 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London. He triumphed in the men’s javelin throw with a personal best of 60.36 meters.
Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Priyantha Herath came second with 57.93 meters while defending champion Guo Chunliang of China was third with a season’s best 56.14 meters. In 2015 Rio Olympics, he was disqualified for reporting at the registration desk late by only a minute because he failed to understand the accent of the announcers.
Important Takeaways from Above News-
- World Para Athletics Championships 2013 was held in Doha, Qatar.
Source- News on AIR
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