"VAN" (Sports Desk - 29.09.2025) :: Denis Gnezdilov strode the Shot Put circle like a colossus, gunning down the men’s F40 World Record twice, in the IndianOil New Delhi 2025 Para World Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Monday. Each of his five throws after the opening 10.66m effort was good enough for him to get the gold.
The Rustavi-born 38-year-old was in a league of his own, the 11.85m on his third attempt enabling him to break Paralympic gold medalist Miguel Monteiro’s World Record and the 11.92m on the last throw raise the bar higher. The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic gold medal winner claimed his third World Championship crown to firmly establish his place in the sport’s history.
Miguel Monteiro (Portugal) and Garrah Tnaiash (Iraq), who have both held the men’s Shot Put F40 World Record earlier, sought to make the final a keen battle. With two former World Champions in the fray, Garrah Tnaiash and Yannis Fischer (Germany), the final expectedly was of a high standard.
The Portugal star led after the first round with 10.92m, but Gnezdilov established his stranglehold in the second round with a 11.59m effort on his second visit. He did not loosen his grip or take the foot off the pedal, gaining the World Record on his third attempt and, with no hint of complacency despite being assured of hold, rewriting the mark on his last visit.
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