Prime Minister Narendra Modi met and congratulated India’s Paralympic crew on Thursday at his residence 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, for his or her outstanding efficiency on the Paris Video games.
The Indian contingent wrapped up its Paralympics marketing campaign in Paris on Sunday, September 8, setting a brand new report by securing 29 medals, which included seven golds, 9 silvers, and 13 bronze. That is the very best medal rely for India within the historical past of the Paralympics, surpassing the earlier report of 19 medals achieved on the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. India completed the occasion in 18th place general.
A number of data had been damaged, and new milestones had been achieved by Indian athletes on the Paralympic Video games. Avani Lekhara, a para-shooter, turned the primary Indian lady to win two Paralympic gold medals, efficiently defending her ladies’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 taking pictures title with a world report rating of 249.7 factors.
In a historic second, India secured a one-two end in a para-athletics occasion for the primary time, with Dharambir and Parnav Soorma successful gold and silver, respectively, within the males’s membership throw F51 occasion. These had been amongst India’s first-ever medals on this sport, and Dharambir additionally set an Asian report of 34.92 meters.
Harvinder Singh turned India’s first-ever archery champion throughout each the Olympics and Paralympics, securing the gold within the particular person recurve para-archery occasion in opposition to Poland’s Lukasz Ciszek.
Sumit Antil, India’s javelin throw ace, turned the primary Indian male to defend his Paralympics title, successful back-to-back gold medals within the F64 occasion with a shocking Paralympic record-breaking throw of 70.59 meters. He broke his personal earlier report set in the course of the Tokyo 2020 not as soon as, however thrice.
