World Para Championships: Deepthi Jeevanji wins gold with world report time in 400m T20 class

Deepthi Jeevanji in Japan.
| Picture Credit score: X@ParalympicIndia

India’s Deepthi Jeevanji clinched the gold medal with a world report time of 55.07 seconds within the girls’s 400m T20 class race on the World Para Athletics Championships right here on Monday.

Deepthi smashed American Breanna Clark’s earlier world report of 55.12 seconds set throughout final yr’s version of the championships in Paris.

Aysel Onder of Turkey was second with 55.19 seconds whereas Lizanshela Angulo of Ecuador was third with 56.68 seconds on the fourth day of competitions.

Deepthi had certified for the ultimate after successful her warmth race in an Asian report time of 56.18 seconds on Sunday.

The T20 class is supposed for athletes who’ve mental impairment.

Yogesh Kathuniya then added a silver in males’s F56 class discus throw with an effort of 41.80 metres.

The F56 class is supposed for athletes who compete in subject occasions from a seated place. Totally different athletes, together with these with amputations and spinal wire accidents compete on this class.

India’s tally has now swelled to 4 medals — 1 gold, 1 silver and a pair of bronze.

On Sunday, Nishad Kumar (T47 excessive soar) and 200m runner Preethi Pal (T35 200m race) gained a silver and bronze respectively.

The championships will proceed until Might 25.