Paris. India’s flag is flying high in the Paralympics being held in Paris, the capital of France. India has created history by winning 20 medals, surpassing the record of 19 medals of Tokyo Paralympics. These 20 medals include 3 gold, 7 silver and 10 bronze medals.
This is the highest number of medals India has won in a single Paralympics (Paris Paralympics). On Wednesday, Indian para athletes performed brilliantly and won four medals in just half an hour. Half of the medals for India, i.e. 10 medals, have come from para athletics. India also performed brilliantly in para badminton with 5 medals. Apart from this, India got 4 medals in shooting and 1 medal in archery.
In the men’s javelin throw F46 final on Wednesday, Ajeet Singh won silver with a personal best throw of 65.62m and Sundar Singh Gurjar won bronze with a season’s best throw of 64.96m. This was India’s first double medal in athletics at the Paris Paralympics.
Two Indian athletes also won medals in the men’s high jump T63 final. Sharad Kumar (T42) won the silver medal with a best jump of 1.88m and also set a new Paralympics record in the T42 category. Sharad converted the bronze medal he won at Tokyo 2021 into silver at Paris 2024. Mariyappan Thangavelu (T42) won the bronze medal with a best jump of 1.85m.
