Canada's Nate Riech shaved nearly two seconds off his Paralympic world record in the men's 1,500 metres at the Azusa Pacific Last Chance track and field meet in Azusa, Calif.
Saturday, 17 April 2021
France’s Timothee Adolphe claimed his second gold medal in as many days at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Jesolo, Italy.
A day after an impressive win in the men’s 400 metres T11, Adolphe claimed his second gold of the meeting in the men’s 100m T11.
Adolphe claimed victory with a dominant display in a time of 11.51sec, with silver going to Omar Bojcic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 13.42 and bronze going to Luca Aronica of Italy in 15.68.
Also earning a second gold in as many days at the meeting was Raoua Tlili of Tunisia who followed up yesterday’s win in the women’s discus throw F40-46 with victory in the women’s shot put F40-41/46.
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Jalandhar, February 19
Physical Education student at LPU, Nishad Kumar, glorified India by setting Asian record in the 12th Fazza International Championships for World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2021 held in Dubai. Breaking the record, Nishad jumped to the best till now 2.06m for the gold, and set a new Asian record in the men’s high-jump category T46/47. In this international tournament, the promising sports star of LPU, and India, was better than Thailand’s Chanaboon (1.93m) and Khasanov of Uzbekistan (1.90m).
Nishad’s contributory winning efforts were the high points for India in ending its illustrious athletics campaign at the championships with a grand haul of medals. After a shining show from other Indian athletes, expectations were high from Nishad and he proved it.