Shailesh Kumar and Varun Singh Bhati opened India’s account at the World Para Athletics Championships, winning the gold and bronze medals in the men’s high jump T63 event in New Delhi on Saturday. Discus thrower Yogesh Kathuniya is India’s latest medal winner, winning silver on Tuesday.
Shailesh Kumar won India’s first medal at the World Para Athletics Championships this year. He shattered the Championship record and Asian record with a personal best effort of 1.91m in the T42 category to stand atop the podium (Picture credit: X)
Varun Singh Bhati won bronze at the same event. Former Para Asian Games medallist Bhati clinched the bronze while reigning Olympic champion USA’s Ezra Frech took home the silver. Shailesh, Bhati and Rahul are T42 athletes who have single above-the-knee amputations or a comparable disability (Picture credit: Instagram @varun_singh_bhati)
Deepthi Jeevanji, a bronze medallist from the Paris Paralympics, won silver in the women’s 400m T20 event. The 22-year-old from Telangana produced a blistering run of 55.16s, finishing behind Turkey’s Aysel Onder, who lowered her own world record with a sensational 54.51s (Picture credit: AFP)
Rinku Hooda, a silver medallist from the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Para Games, won gold at the men’s javelin throw F46 event. F46 classification is for athletes with arm deficiency, impaired muscle power or impaired passive range of movement in arms, with athletes competing in a standing position (Picture credit: X @SAIRohtak)
Two-time Paralympic bronze medallist Sundar Singh Gurjar won silver in the same event. Gurjar sent his spear to 64.76m to take the silver. Another Indian in the fray, Ajeet Singh, was fourth with 61.77m. Cuban Guillermo Varona Gonzalez was third with 63.34m (Picture credit: X)
Two-time Paralympic Games silver medallist Yogesh Kathuniya won another silver in the Discus Throw F56 (F55/56) event. This is his fourth World Championships medal after 2019, 2023 and 22024 (Picture credit: PTI)
Later in the day, Asian Para Games silver medallist Bhagyashri Jadhav will be in action (Picture credit: X)
New Delhi: India’s Preeti Pal celebrates after finishing second in the Women’s 100m T35 Final event during the World Para Athletics Championships 2025, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in New Delhi, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (PTI Photo)
New Delhi: India’s Simran celebrates after finishing third in the Women’s 200m T12 Final event during the World Para Athletics Championships 2025, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in New Delhi, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (PTI Photo)
New Delhi: Gold medallist India’s Simran with her guide Umar Saifi poses for photographs during the presentation ceremony of the Women’s 100m T12 event at the World Para Athletics Championships 2025, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in New Delhi, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (PTI Photo)
New Delhi: China’s Qianqian Guo, center, Iraq’s Fatimah Suwaed, left, and India’s Preeti Pal celebrate after winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively in the Women’s 200m T35 event during the World Para Athletics Championships 2025, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (PTI Photo)
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