New Delhi, October 2: Saeid Afrooz (Iran) in the men’s Javelin Throw F34 final and Safia Djelal (Algeria) in the women’s Shot Put F57 added a World Record each to the growing list of marks created in Indian Oil New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships in the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Thursday.
Saeid Afrooz’s 41.52m improved on his own mark of 41.16 set in Kobe in 2024 while Safia Djelal’s 11.67m effort bettered her own mark of 11.62m set in 2024. The number of World Records set here has risen to 21 while 65 new Championships Records have been established so far.
There was a heartbreak for India’s 19-year-old Haney on his World Championships debut in the men’s Discus Throw F37 final. He was in medal contention from his opening throw onwards until Japan’s Yamato Shimbo vaulted from fourth place to silver in the final round and edged the Rohtak lad from the podium.
Haney was in the lead after the first round with a throw of 51.22m but was unable to improve on that in his subsequent visits to the throwing circle. Mexico’s Luis Carlos Lopez found a winning throw of 56.59m, a new Championships Record, on his second try, Mykola Zhabnyak (Ukraine) went ahead in the fourth round with 52.70.
Yamato Shimbo uncorked a personal best of 54.50 on his last try to leave the home athlete in fourth place. Haney had a chance of returning to a medal position by producing his best throw of the morning, but it appeared as if the pressure got to the youngest competitor in the field and he managed 46.34m, the shortest of his four valid throws.
Jin Hua’s victory in the 1500m T54 final with a Championships Record gave China a glimmer of hope that it would pitchfork itself over Brazil in the medals table, but those aspirations where shattered when Brazil won the last two gold medals on offer on Thursday morning.
The 24-year-old Bartolomeu da Silva won the men’s 400m T37 gold with a new meet mark of 50.13 seconds and his Brazilian compatriot Maria C A da Silva claimed the women’s 400m T47 crown in 56.17 seconds. These two gold consolidated Brazil’s pole position in the charts with 10 gold, 15 silver and 7 bronze.
China remained in second place with 8 gold, 10 silver and 7 bronze ahead of Poland which has 7 gold, 1 silver and 5 bronze. India is in fourth with 4 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze, Haney having missed the chance to claim a medal on World Championships debut and to add to India’s collection.
The results (finals)
Men
400m T37: 1. Bartolomeu da Silva (Brazil) 50.13 seconds (New Championships Record. Old: 50.45, A Vdovin, NPA, 2019); 2. Anton Feoktisov (Neutral Para Athlete) 50.64, 3. Yeferzon Suarez C (Colombia) 51.19.
1500m T54: 1. Jin Hua (China) 2:50.46 (New Championships Record. Old: 2:52.30, Jin Hua, 2025); 2. Luo Xingchuan (China) 2:51.28; 3. Nathan Maguire (Great Britain) 2:51.51.
Long Jump T38: 1. Bartosz Sienkiewicz (Poland) 6.74m; 2. Juan S Gomez Coa (Colombia) 6.55; 3. Zhong Huanghao (China) 6.53.
Discus Throw F37: 1. Luis Carlos Lopez (Mexico) 56.59m (New Championships Record. Old: 55.71, Mykola Zhabnyak, Ukraine, 2013); 2. Yamato Shimbo (Japan) 54.50; 3. Mykola Zhabnyak (Ukraine) 52.79; 4. Haney (India) 51.22.
Javelin Throw F34: 1. Saeid Afrooz (Iran) 41.52m (New World Record. Old WR: 41.16, Said Afrooz, 2024; Old CR: 40,27, Said Afrooz, 2023); 2. Diego Meneses Medina (Colombia) 39.19; 3. Mauricio Valencia (Colombia) 37.94.
Women
400m T47: 1. Maria C A da Silva (Brazil) 56.17 seconds; 2. Anastasia Soloveva (Neutral Para Athlete) 57.63; 3. Julie Ross (Germany) 57.78.
Shot Put F46: 1. Karomat Ononova (Uzbekistan) 13.07m; 2. Holly Robinson (New Zealand) 12.86; 3. Katie Pegg (Canada) 12.76; 9. Amisha Rawat (India) 10.11.
Shot Put F57: 1. Safia Djelal (Algeria) 11.67m (New World Record. Old WR & CR: 11.62, Safia Djelal, 2024); 2. Nassima Saifi (Algeria) 10.45; 3. Tian Yuxin (China) 10.35; 5. Sharmila (India) 10.03.
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