Overview

• Soman Rana’s F57 shot put was upgraded from bronze to silver following a protest against Brazil’s Thiago Paulino Dos Santos, lifting India to 18 medals at the New Delhi championships.
• Ekta Bhyan took silver in the women’s F51 club throw and Praveen Kumar earned bronze in the men’s T64 high jump as India added three medals on the penultimate day.
• Earlier in the meet, Nishad Kumar won the men’s T47 high jump with a 2.14m clearance for an Asian record, and Simran Sharma captured the women’s T12 100m in 11.95 seconds.
• Preethi Pal claimed bronze in the women’s T35 200m and Pardeep Kumar secured bronze in the men’s F64 discus, contributing to India’s surge up the table.
• Athletes cited wet conditions and a newly redesigned club with shifted mass as factors in the F51 club throw, where Dharambir Nain won silver and debutant Atul Kaushik took F57 discus bronze on a rain-affected session.