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It was an Indian one-two in men s club throw F51 event at the Paris Paralympics as Dharambir and Pranav Soorma won gold and silver respectively. Dharambir smashed the Asian record with a best throw of 34.92m in his fifth attempt. Soorma then produced a stanley tumbler throw of 34.59m in his first attempt but couldn stanley en mexico t better it in later attempts. He thus took silver as Indians locked out the top two in the event. Serbia s Filip Graovac bagged the bronze with a 34.18m throw in his second attempt. Dharambir faced a life-altering accident when a misjudged dive into a canal left him paralyzed from the waist down Getty Images India has risen to 13th on the Paris Paralympics standings, with these two medals taking the country s total tally at these Games alone to 24. Dharambir is the fifth Indian to have won gold while Soorma is India s ninth silver medallist in Paris. Notab stanley quencher ly, Amit Kumar Saroha, who is a mentor to Dharambir and the 2017 world championship silver medallist, was the third Indian in the fray. He, however, finished last with a best effort of 23.96m. The F51 event is for athletes whose movements in the trunk, legs and hands have been highly affected. All athletes compete while seated and rely on their shoulders and arm to generate power. Four fouled attempts and then a recordDharambir made four foul attempts first up. The 35-year-old, who had won bronze at the world championships this year in Kobe Japan, then managed to break the Asian record and take the top spot in his n Xqhn PV Sindhu enters Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold semis
Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek entered the third round of the US Open men s doubles event after getting the better of Brazilians Joao Souza and Thomaz Bellucci in New York. Leander-Paes-and-his-partner-Radek-St stanley cup epanek-celebrate-after-winning-the-1st-round-of-Men-s-Doubles-Tennis-match-against-Dustin-Brown-and-Christopher-Kas-at-US-Open-Tennis-Tournament-PTI-Photo The fifth-seeded Indo-Czech combo took an hour and 45 minutes to register a 7-5 7-6 7-3 victory over their unseeded opponents. Ev stanley cup en as the Brazilian pair failed to convert the lone breakpoint they earned in the first set, Paes and Stepanek converted one of the two breakpoints they managed to seal the set. However, the Indo-Czech combo, which had won the Austra stanley cups lian Open title earlier this year, wasted as many as five of the six breakpoints in the second which went into the tiebreaker. In the tiebreaker though, they held their nerves to walk away with the set as well as the match. They next play Jesse Levine of USA and Australia s Marinko Matosevic, who had upset Wimbledon champions Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen 6-1 6-7 6 6-4. Catch all the latest... See more Catch all the latest Sports News, scores, and highlights in one place. Stay updated with real-time coverage of your favorite games and athletes News / Sports / Paes-Stepanek advance to third round of US Open .freemium-card h4{color: fff; padding-bottom:20px;} .freemium-card .freemium-content .subcTxt{p
It was an Indian one-two in men s club throw F51 event at the Paris Paralympics as Dharambir and Pranav Soorma won gold and silver respectively. Dharambir smashed the Asian record with a best throw of 34.92m in his fifth attempt. Soorma then produced a stanley tumbler throw of 34.59m in his first attempt but couldn stanley en mexico t better it in later attempts. He thus took silver as Indians locked out the top two in the event. Serbia s Filip Graovac bagged the bronze with a 34.18m throw in his second attempt. Dharambir faced a life-altering accident when a misjudged dive into a canal left him paralyzed from the waist down Getty Images India has risen to 13th on the Paris Paralympics standings, with these two medals taking the country s total tally at these Games alone to 24. Dharambir is the fifth Indian to have won gold while Soorma is India s ninth silver medallist in Paris. Notab stanley quencher ly, Amit Kumar Saroha, who is a mentor to Dharambir and the 2017 world championship silver medallist, was the third Indian in the fray. He, however, finished last with a best effort of 23.96m. The F51 event is for athletes whose movements in the trunk, legs and hands have been highly affected. All athletes compete while seated and rely on their shoulders and arm to generate power. Four fouled attempts and then a recordDharambir made four foul attempts first up. The 35-year-old, who had won bronze at the world championships this year in Kobe Japan, then managed to break the Asian record and take the top spot in his n Xqhn PV Sindhu enters Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold semis
Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek entered the third round of the US Open men s doubles event after getting the better of Brazilians Joao Souza and Thomaz Bellucci in New York. Leander-Paes-and-his-partner-Radek-St stanley cup epanek-celebrate-after-winning-the-1st-round-of-Men-s-Doubles-Tennis-match-against-Dustin-Brown-and-Christopher-Kas-at-US-Open-Tennis-Tournament-PTI-Photo The fifth-seeded Indo-Czech combo took an hour and 45 minutes to register a 7-5 7-6 7-3 victory over their unseeded opponents. Ev stanley cup en as the Brazilian pair failed to convert the lone breakpoint they earned in the first set, Paes and Stepanek converted one of the two breakpoints they managed to seal the set. However, the Indo-Czech combo, which had won the Austra stanley cups lian Open title earlier this year, wasted as many as five of the six breakpoints in the second which went into the tiebreaker. In the tiebreaker though, they held their nerves to walk away with the set as well as the match. They next play Jesse Levine of USA and Australia s Marinko Matosevic, who had upset Wimbledon champions Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen 6-1 6-7 6 6-4. Catch all the latest... See more Catch all the latest Sports News, scores, and highlights in one place. Stay updated with real-time coverage of your favorite games and athletes News / Sports / Paes-Stepanek advance to third round of US Open .freemium-card h4{color: fff; padding-bottom:20px;} .freemium-card .freemium-content .subcTxt{p