Storms Delay Shot at Medals for Throwers & Jumpers on Day 6

NEW DELHI, INDIA – After an evening that saw competition delayed and postponed, some of Team USA’s top jumpers and throwers will have to wait until tomorrow to compete for a World Championship medal. The men’s shot put F46 (impairment or absence of limbs in one or both arms) featuring Josh Cinnamo and the men’s T64 (absence of one leg below the knee) long jump featuring Jarryd Wallace, Trenten Merrill and Derek Loccident will be held tomorrow night. 

Finals scheduled for the track, while delayed, were contested once the storms passed. 

Following strong qualification rounds in the morning session, Bob Hunt and Hannah Dederick both qualified for 100m wheelchair finals on the track in the evening session. Hunt finished fifth in the men’s T53 race in 15.61 while Dederick took fourth in the women’s T54 race in 16.52.

The final event of the night was the women’s 1500m T20 (intellectual impairment) which included 5000m World Record holder Katilin Bounds. While the leaders set a blistering early pace, kept her sights on the podium, working to hold on to the runner in third. Bounds ultimately settled for sixth place with a time of 4:49.14 in a race during which the winner, Antonia K. DaSilva Barros broke the world record by four-seconds running 4:19.22.

The morning session included the final of the men’s long jump T38 (impairment in the lower legs and trunk). Team USA’s Nick Mayhugh - relatively new to the discipline - showed that he can jump with the best in the world, even while injured. Mayhugh, who is nursing a stress fracture in his right foot, recorded a personal best 6.41m on his second attempt. That mark barely missed the podium with Mayhugh finishing fourth. Ryan Medrano, returning for the morning session after last night’s 400m final, also recorded a personal best of 6.40 to finish fifth. 

The early session’s other final featured 17-year-old Kerragan Johnson competing in her first international championship. Johnson finished eighth in the 400m T47 (Limited mobility in the arm or absence of limb) with a time of 59.77.

TOTAL MEDALS (15)

GOLD (3)

Jaydin Blackwell, 100m T38

Joel Gomez, 1500m T13 

Jaydin Blackwell, 400m T38

SILVER (6)

Ezra Frech, high jump T63

Ryan Medrano, 100m T38

Samantha Heyison, discus F44 

Jessica Heim,  discus F44 

Taylor Swanson, 100m T37

Annie Carey, 100m T44

BRONZE (6)

Jaleen Roberts, long jump T37 

Katie Hwang, shot put F36

Kym Crosby, 100m T13

Alicia Guerrero, discus F64 

Kym Crosby, 200m T13 

Noelle Lambert-Beirne, long jump T63