Ekta Bhyan secures gold medal in Women’ F51 club throw competition at World Para Athletic Championships

India’s Ekta Bhyan secured gold medal with a season’s best throw of 20.12 metre in the women’ F51 club throw competition at the World Para Athletic Championships at Kobe in Japan today.

While Kashish Lakra took the silver with an effort of 14.56 metre, Nadjet Boucherf of Algeria won the bronze with a score of 12.70 metre.

Deepthi, Para Asian Games gold medallist, had smashed a world record time of 55.07 seconds in the women’s 400 metre T20 category race to win gold medal yesterday.

The championships will continue till 25th of this month.