New Delhi: Indian Dharambir competitions in the men’s club, which throws the final event F51 at the World Championship Para Athletics 2025 at the Jawaharlal stadium Nezru (JLN) in Delhi. (PTI Photo/Karma Bhutia) (PTI10_02_2025_000657A) New Delhi: India Pranav Soorma and Dharambir Nain could not secure top-two targets in the men’s club F51 finals at the ongoing World Championship in athletics Para Athletics and ended the two-way podium in the country. The duo previously achieved a brilliant 1-2 destination at the Asian Para games in 2023. At the Paralympic Paralympic Games last year, Dharambir ended up in front of Soorma to re-secure 1-2 surfaces. Despite the expectation that India will continue its dominance in Club Throw, another top-DVA destination escaped this time athletes on Thursday.Dharambir, 36, finished second with the best throw 29.71 m, for the Serbian Aleksandar Radisic, who threw 30.36 m per gold. Soorma, looking for her first para medal medal, disappointed fifth place in nine finals, although she made the best efforts of 28.19 m in her fifth attempt. On Thursday evening, the rain inserted parts of Delhli-NCR, which led to nitter conditions. The evening meeting at the JLN stadium was stopped for almost an hour because of the shower, while the game remained until 19:00.“I was quite sure of my chances of winning gold. Preparations and training were good. India has dominated the event in the throwing of the club and Soorm over the years and is expected to land two medals for the country.Soorma looked like a stunning show. “I produced my season best (in his fifth attempt), but it wasn’t enough to win the medal. I was looking for a good feast, but they didn’t come. They didn’t go happy,” said Soorma, cricket and hockey enthusiast who was just a teenager when the cement leaf fell on his head at the age of 16.
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The classification of the F51 Club F51 is for athletes with impaired muscle strength or the range of movement in the trunk, legs and hands, which requires to throw a wooden club from a position sitting using only their arms and shoulders for energy.Debutant Atul Kaashik He wins bronzeOn the day the other Indians behaved in various classes of the competition, debutant Atul Kushik shined Bright with a bronze goal in the male discussion F57 after watching his opponents for a large part of the finals. 29 -year -old Kaushik, from the edges of the southwestern dilli, made the third place in the fifth attempt to complete the third place in the final of 10 men’s best effort 45.61 m.The Discus Throw F57 classification is designed for athletes with limb deficiency or the length of the leg length that affects their lower limbs, but leaves their suitcase and upper body functional. Athletes competitions from sitting, often using a throwing frame or chair to throw.
