Paris: India surpassed its Tokyo 2020 tally to hit the 20-medal mark for the first time in the history of the Paralympic Games and the count is expected to increase Wednesday with the country’s para-athletes continuing their hunt for medals.
After Deepthi Jeevanji pocketed bronze in women’s 400m T20 race on her Paralympics debut in the evening. India added four more medals to its tally in Para-Athletics late Tuesday night, with two double-podium finishes swelling its tally past it’s Tokyo haul of 19 medals.
In the process, India also went past the milestone of 50 medals in the Paralympics, with the current count standing at 51.
Ajeet Singh won silver medal with a personal best throw of 65.62m men’s javelin throw F46 event while Sundar Singh Gurjar took bronze medal with season best throw of 64.96m as India achieved its first double podium finish in athletics at Paris Paralympics.
Later, Sharad Kumar clinched silver medal in men’s high jump T63 with the best jump of 1.88m; setting the new Paralympic Record in T42 category; Sharad also upgraded his bronze medal from Tokyo in the event.
Mariyappan Thangavelu, the gold medallist at the 2016 Paralympics at Rio de Janeiro, meanwhile bagged bronze medal with the best jump of 1.85m, making India’s second double podium finish in athletics at Paris Games.
By winning five medals in a day, India jumped to 17th place on the medal tally at the end of the day’s action with three gold, seven silver and 10 bronze medals.
Indian athletes will feature in six medal events, aiming to add more medals to the historic medal tally.
Men’s C2 Individual Time Trial – Shaik Arshad
Women’s C1-3 Individual Time Trial- Jyoti Gaderia
Men’s Shot Put — F46 Final — Mohd Yasser, Rohit Kumar, Sachin Sarjerao Khilari
Women’s Shot Put – F46 Final — Amisha Rawat
Para Powerlifting men’s 49 kg – Parmjeet Singh
Para Powerlifting women’s 45 kg – Sakina Khatun
Men’s Clun Throw – F51 Final — Dharambir, Pranav Soorma, Amit Kumar Saroha