New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): There are days when you’re going full throttle, and there’s no stopping you. Then there are days when, within the face of adversity, you save the day for your self and your nation proper on the final minute.
There are days when you’re sure of successful one thing, solely to have it taken away from you by a unprecedented last-ditch effort from a rival. India’s discus thrower Haney skilled a complete gamut of feelings within the ongoing IndianOil New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Thursday.
‘I used to be certain of successful a bronze however within the final spherical of makes an attempt, the Japanese went previous me and I could not do nicely both. I’m very upset,’ the Haryana teenager mentioned after the discus throw F37 occasion beneath a sunny sky.
Haney, who trains on the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Rohtak beneath coach Sunil Phogat, began the occasion on an incredible be aware with a throw of 51.22. Since his private and season greatest was 53.81, there was at all times this hope that he may have the ability to higher his first throw. Unfortunately, that by no means occurred.
Though he nonetheless stayed in medal competition, earlier than Yamato Shimbo of Japan unleashed a private greatest throw of 54.50 in his final try and push himself as much as second place and a silver. As a results of his extraordinary effort, Mykola Zhabnyak of Ukraine was displaced from second to 3rd and Haney from third to fourth.
It was a narrative of so close to and but thus far, to all intents and functions. Nevertheless, Haney, all of 19 years, acquired a great deal of expertise taking part in such a high-profile, extremely aggressive occasion, Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) mentioned in a launch.
‘I learnt rather a lot. It is a giant occasion, taking part alongside worldwide athletes, it was nice studying. I’m going to work more durable and get higher. Next yr, there are the Asian Games, and that is what I’m focusing on,’ Haney, who’s a part of the Hyundai Samarth initiative, concluded.
It could also be famous that within the final Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China, two years in the past, Haney gained a gold medal in javelin F37/38. At the Delhi World Para Athletics Grand Prix earlier this yr, he additionally gained a bronze medal within the discus throw F37. Clearly, he’s a person of many components, and at this fee, the sky is the restrict for him. (ANI)