Bhubaneswar: Soundarya Kumar Pradhan from Odisha won silver and gold medals in chess at Asian Para Games held in Hangzhou, China.
Soundarya won the silver medal in the men’s individual rapid VI-B1 chess event. In the event, two other medals also went to Indians namely Satish Inani Darpan who won gold and Ashwinbhai Kanchanbhai Makwana who bagged bronze. The trio has also bagged the gold medal in team event.
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Notably, Indian para-athletes created history Saturday as they ended their Hangzhou Asian Para Games campaign with an unprecedented 111 medals, the biggest haul for the country in any major international multi-sport event.
With 29 gold, 31 silver and 51 bronze in India’s kitty, the Indian para-athletes won four medals more than the record tally of 107 won by the able-bodied athletes in the Hangzhou Asian Games held from September 23 to October 8.
India ranked fifth in the medals tally, a remarkable achievement in itself, behind China (521 medals: 214 gold, 167 silver, 140 bronze), Iran (44 gold, 46 silver, 41 bronze), Japan (42, 49, 59) and Korea (30, 33, 40).
PNN