Aled Sion Davies secured his seventh consecutive F63 shot put title on the final day of the World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi.

The Welshman, 34, threw a distance of 16.44m in his fifth attempt to finish ahead of Kuwait’s Faisal Sorour, who won silver with an effort of 16.28m, and clinch the 11th world title of his career.

Brazil’s Edenilson Floriani took bronze with a throw of 14.07m.

“It’s quite surreal to be honest,” Davies said.

“Faisal is coming along and he has been pushing me. But I haven’t been able to respond to him in the last few years. It feels good to be back but I still feel there’s so much more to come.”

Davies had missed out on gold at a fourth consecutive Paralympics last year as Sorour threw 15.31m to win in Paris.

F63 is a classification for athletes with a single leg amputation above the knee who use a prosthesis.

In recent years, Davies has been hampered by a condition called osteitis pubis, which causes pain and swelling in the groin and has needed surgery, but has vowed to break his own world record at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.

“After last year’s heartbreak, the pain of the last four or five years with my injuries, and finally accepting that I needed to have a few repairs,” Davies added.

“I had to have a reconstruction of my hip and I was told I might not come back to the standards I was at.

“I’ve done that. I’ve come back, rebuilt in the silence and I’ve come here and competed again.

“I’m building towards LA. I’m going to break my world record.”

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