August 7, 2017 by admin

Aamit clinches second medal, wins silver in 400m

Chandigarh, August 7
Punjab’s Aamit Kumar won his second medal at the World Para Athletics Junior (U20) Championships after finishing second in the 400 metres T42-T47 at Nottwil, Switzerland, on Saturday.
The 18-year-old won the silver medal in 51.26 seconds, finishing behind Japan’s Suzuki Yudai (50.35s).
Aamit, who had won the gold medal in the 200m on Thursday, was delighted to have won two medals at the prestigious event. However, he was not satisfied with his performance in the 400m final. “He is not satisfied with his performance as his personal best is around 50 seconds,” said Jagbir Singh, who has been training Aamit at the Punjab Institute of Sports centre at Anandpur Sahib for three years.
“Aamit said he was a bit stiff as he hadn’t fully recovered after his 200m win. But I am really happy, it is a big achievement. He sounded very happy as well,” the coach added.
Aamit, who was afflicted with polio when he was an infant, has an underdeveloped right shoulder and runs in the T46/47 classifications.
Jayanti wins gold
Jayanti Behera won the gold medal in the women’s 400m T42-T47 event on Saturday. She recorded a time of 1 minute, 1.37 seconds to finish ahead of Chile’s Cerna Amanda (1:02.02) and Hong Kong’s Fu Long Kei (1:14.72).