Kobe [Japan]: India's para athlete Sumit Antil won the gold medal in the men's F64 javelin throw event while Sandy won the bronze medal at the Kobe World Para Athletic Championships on Tuesday. Antil currently holds the world record in the men's javelin throw, having won the gold medal. With a throw of 73.29 meters in the javelin throw F64 event at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games in October 2002. At the Kobe World Para Athletic Championships, Antil (69.50m) shared the podium with bronze medalist Sandeep (60.41m) of India and silver medalist Dulan Kodithuwakku (66.49m) of Sri Lanka. In the competition, Antil's first throw was 68.17 meters, second throw was 69.50 meters, third throw was 64.04 meters, fourth throw was 65.58 meters, fifth throw was 69.03 meters and the last throw was 68.08 meters. His second throw of 69.50 meters was also his best throw of the season. Kodithuvakku won the silver medal with throws of 66.49m (1st throw), 63.96m (2nd throw), 59.39m (3rd throw), 59.8m (4th throw), 56.51m (5th throw) and 65.01m (6th throw). , Another Indian javelin thrower, Sandeep, had best throws of 60.41 meters in the first attempt, 58.49 meters in the fourth, 58.08 meters in the fifth and 60.4 in the last attempt. Fourth-placed Zakaria Az-Zouhari of China achieved his season's best with a throw of 59.96 metres, his fifth throw of the event. His other throws in the competition were 58.52 m (1st throw), 58.83 m (2nd throw), 59.31 m (3rd throw), 57.91 m (4th throw), and his last throw could only go 58.64 m.