World Para Athletics Championships: Simran Sharma wins India's sixth gold

Simran Sharma wins gold in women's 200m T12 event, India's best-ever performance at World Para Athletics Championships.

Simran Sharma won gold medal in women's 200m T12 event with a personal best time of 24.95 seconds to fetch the sixth yellow metal for India on the final day of the World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe on May 24.

Simran shaved off around one-fifth of a second from her earlier personal best of 25.16 seconds to win the gold.

Darlenys De La Severino (25.08) of Dominica and Lorraine Gomes De Aguiar (25.40) won the silver and bronze respectively.

The T12 category is meant for athletes who have vision impairment.

India now has 15 medals (6 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze) to be at sixth place in the standings.

Earlier, India were awarded the silver and bronze in men's javelin throw F46 event after winning a protest against second-place finisher Dinesh Priyantha Herath of Sri Lanka.

Rinku Hooda and Ajeet Singh on Friday finished third and fourth respectively in the men's F46 javelin throw final but the result was put on hold after India lodged a protest that Herath was ineligible to compete in the category.