Greek sprinter Gavelas wins gold at World Para Athletics Championships

[Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters]

Greek sprinter Nasos Gavelas, 25, has reinforced his planetary standing by winning golden successful the 100 meters T11 lawsuit for athletes with total visual impairment astatine the World Para Athletics Championships successful New Delhi.

Clocking 10.96 seconds, Gavelas secured Greece’s archetypal golden medal of the competition. He was the lone jock to decorativeness under 11 seconds and adds this to his erstwhile Paralympic golds from Tokyo 2021 and Paris 2024.

So far, the Greek team has won a total of 5 medals astatine the Championships.

Thanassis Konstantinidis earned metallic successful the changeable enactment (F32), while Alexandros Skourtis claimed bronze successful the 400 meters (T38), Konstantinos Tzounis took bronze successful the discus (F56), and Lida Manthopoulou secured bronze successful the 100 meters (T38).