Tokyo: Devendra Jhajharia, a two-time gold medalist in the javelin throw, took silver this time, while Sundar Singh Gurjar chipped in with bronze in the men’s javelin throw F46 final on Monday at the Tokyo Paralympics.
The 40-year-old Jhajahria, who has already won gold medals in the 2004 and 2016 Paralympic Games, set a new personal best throw of 64.35 meters to take silver.
Jhajahria, who lost his left hand when he was eight years old after accidentally touching an electric wire while climbing a tree, broke his own previous world record (63.97m), but gold medalist Sri Lankan Dinesh Priyan Herath Mudiyanselage (67.79m), who set a new world record, was too strong for the entire field.
Gurjar, 25, was third with a best attempt of 64.01m after losing his left hand in 2015 after a metal sheet fell on him at a friend’s house.
Gurjar, who is from Jaipur, won gold in the World Para Athletics Championships in 2017 and 2019. He also took silver at the 2018 Para Asian Games in Jakarta.
