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Rinku Hooda Breaks Championship Record to Win F46 Javelin World Title as India Goes 1–2

The win delivers India's second gold at the New Delhi championships, lifting the tally to five medals.

Overview

  • Hooda’s 66.37m sealed gold, with Sundar Singh Gurjar taking silver at 64.76m for his season’s best.
  • He first eclipsed the decade-old meet mark with 63.81m before extending it to 66.37m, surpassing China’s C. Guo’s 61.89m record.
  • Cuba’s Guillermo Varona Gonzalez claimed bronze with 63.34m, and India’s Ajeet Singh Yadav finished fourth with 61.77m.
  • The title is Hooda’s first senior international gold after silvers at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships and the 2023 Asian Para Games.
  • The F46 class features standing athletes with unilateral arm deficiency or impaired arm function.