Davies takes sweet revenge with gold

ALED Davies revelled in enacting revenge on rival Faisal Sorouh after banishing last year’s Paris Paralympic demons and claiming a seventh consecutive World Championship title.

- WILL JENNINGS

The Welsh throwing star, 34, turned the tables after last year's silver medal by beating the Kuwaiti in the F63 shot put event in New Delhi.

Sorouh stunned Davies in the French capital but was unable to emulate those exploits as the three-time Paralympic champion threw a distance of 16.44 metres at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

Davies has endured a difficult few years with injury, but vowed to use his latest triumph as a platform for regaining his title at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.

“After last year’s heartbreak and the pain I've been in for the last four or five years, I've accepted I needed to have a few repairs,” he said.