The Indian contingent at Paris Paralympics surged previous the document medal haul of 19 medals it had set on the Tokyo Paralympics three years again. Within the area of half an hour early on Wednesday, the para athletics contingent received 4 medals to push the Indian medals tally to twenty.
Of those 20 medals, India have received three golds, seven silvers and 10 bronze medals. Half of those 20 medals got here from para athletics, whereas para badminton fetched India 5 medals. There have been additionally medals in capturing (4) and archery (one).
On Wednesday, within the males’s javelin throw F46 last, India claimed two medals courtesy Ajeet Singh, who received a silver medal with private finest throw of 65.62m, whereas Sundar Singh Gurjar claimed a bronze medal with season finest throw of 64.96m.
This helped India obtain its first double podium end in athletics at Paris Paralympics.
Then, within the males’s excessive soar T63 last, there have been two Indians on the rostrum as soon as once more. Sharad Kumar (T42) claimed silver with the most effective soar of 1.88m which additionally helped him set a brand new Paralympic Document within the T42 class. Sharad thus upgraded his bronze from Tokyo 2021 to a silver in Paris 2024. Simply behind Sharad was Mariyappan Thangavelu (T42), who claimed the bronze ]with the most effective soar of 1.85m.
