The Indian contingent at Paris Paralympics surged past the record medal haul of 19 medals it had set at the Tokyo Paralympics three years back. In the space of half an hour early on Wednesday, the para athletics contingent won four medals to push the Indian medals tally to 20.
Of these 20 medals, India have won three golds, seven silvers and 10 bronze medals. Half of these 20 medals came from para athletics, while para badminton fetched India five medals. There were also medals in shooting (four) and archery (one).
On Wednesday, in the men’s javelin throw F46 final, India claimed two medals courtesy Ajeet Singh, who won a silver medal with personal best throw of 65.62m, while Sundar Singh Gurjar claimed a bronze medal with season best throw of 64.96m.
This helped India achieve its first double podium finish in athletics at Paris Paralympics.
Then, in the men’s high jump T63 final, there were two Indians on the podium once again. Sharad Kumar (T42) claimed silver with the best jump of 1.88m which also helped him set a new Paralympic Record in the T42 category. Sharad thus upgraded his bronze from Tokyo 2021 to a silver in Paris 2024. Just behind Sharad was Mariyappan Thangavelu (T42), who claimed the bronze ]with the best jump of 1.85m.
