{"id":455197,"date":"2024-05-21T05:46:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T05:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/05\/21\/ekta-bhyan-claims-gold-for-india-with-seasons-best-effort-at-world-para-athletics-championships-more-sports-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T05:46:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T05:46:52","slug":"ekta-bhyan-claims-gold-for-india-with-seasons-best-effort-at-world-para-athletics-championships-more-sports-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/05\/21\/ekta-bhyan-claims-gold-for-india-with-seasons-best-effort-at-world-para-athletics-championships-more-sports-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekta Bhyan claims Gold for India with season&#8217;s best effort at World Para Athletics Championships | More sports News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-110291838,imgsize-66642.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: <!-- -->Ekta Bhyan<!-- --> clinched the <!-- -->gold medal<!-- --> in the <!-- -->women&#8217;s F51 club throw event<!-- --> at the <!-- -->World Para Athletic Championships<!-- --> with a season&#8217;s best throw of 20.12m. Kashish Lakra secured the silver medal with a throw of 14.56m, while Nadjet Boucherf of Algeria took the bronze with a score of 12.70m.<br \/>Ekta, who is a Haryana Civil Services (HCS) officer, had previously won a bronze medal in the <!-- -->Asian Para Games<!-- --> in China.The 38-year-old took up sports after being selected for the Haryana government as an HCS officer and also won a gold medal in the club throw event at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta. She had also qualified for the <!-- -->Tokyo 2020 Paralympics<!-- -->.<br \/>Despite her dreams of pursuing a career in the medical field being cut short by a tragic accident in 2003, which left her wheelchair-bound with a quadriplegic spinal cord injury, Ekta persevered and found success in sports. <br \/>The accident occurred near Kundli in Sonepat district when a truck overturned on her cab on the Delhi\u2013Haryana border, resulting in the loss of six other students&#8217; lives.<br \/>India&#8217;s medal tally at the championships has now increased to five, with two gold, three silver, and two bronze medals. Deepthi, a Para Asian Games gold medallist, broke the world record in the women&#8217;s 400m T20 category race with a time of 55.07 seconds on Monday, while <!-- -->Nishad Kumar<!-- --> (T47 high jump) and <!-- -->Preethi Pal<!-- --> (T35 200m race) won a silver and bronze, respectively, on Sunday. 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