India, Sept. 30 -- With Sumit Antil, it was always a matter of when and not if. The two-time Paralympics gold medallist was a gold medal contender coming into the men's javelin F64 final on Tuesday, and the 27-year-old ensured there was no threat to his World Championships crown that he has held since the 2023 edition in Paris.

The Indian, who also won a gold at Kobe Worlds last year (69.50m), completed a hat-trick of world titles with a best of 71.37m. The mark also reset his own Championship Record that he had set two years back (70.83m) at Paris Worlds. A measure of Antil's dominance can be gauged from the fact that any of his four legal throws could have won him a gold medal.

Antil began with a throw of 65.59m that catapulted him to...