Tokyo Paralympics - Day 6, August 29 - Sumit Antil wins GOLD - LIVE Updates, Scores, Results, Medal, Blog
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In an exclusive conversation with The Bridge after the gold medal win, Sumit Antil's coach Naval Singh says that Sumit is his best student ever.
Click here to read what more Naval Singh has to say about India's golden boy.
Sumit Antil's coach Naval Singh had predicted his gold medal and said his ward will set a World Record too yesterday.
"In training, I have thrown 71m, 72m, many times. I don't know what happened in my competition. One thing is for sure: in future, I will throw much better," Sumit told PTI after the win.
Crazyyy, how good this guy is!
Sumit Antil's father was an Indian Air Force Officer, who passed away due to cancer. Read more.
Sumit Antil started his sporting career as a wrestler, before switching sports due to a road accident. Click here to read
Sumit Antil competed against the Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra before the Tokyo Paralympics?
This was nothing but sheer domination from Sumit Antil at the Olympics Stadium in Tokyo. He started off with with a World Record attempt in the very first throw of the event, and then went on to break it twice more during the course of the tournament. YES, TWICE MORE.
This is the kind of stuff dreams are made of, and Sumit Antil has sure turned it into a reality today.
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