Twenty-two years later, at the swank State de France, the 40-year-old Indian shot-putter came up with his career-best throw of 14.65 metres to secure a bronze medal in the men’s F57 category at the Paralympics to swell the country’s medal haul to 27 (six gold, nine silver and 12 bronze).
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Paralympics: India’s medal tally touches 25 as Kapil Parmar clinches historic judo bronze
India’s medal count rose to 25, including five gold, nine silver and 11 bronze. The nation of over a billion people is placed 14th in the overall standings, behind Uzbekistan, which has 16 medals but is placed above India owing to its higher gold count of six.
Harvinder Singh’s historic archery gold in Paralympics marks a new era for India
Pursuing PhD in Economics, the 33-year-old Indian, who lost to Kevin Mather of the USA in the Tokyo semifinals before securing a bronze, showed neither fatigue not nerves, to secure five back-to-back wins in a day to bag his second successive Paralympics medal.
Paralympics: Indian club thrower Dharambir smashes Asian record for gold, compatriot Pranav Soorma wins silver in men’s F51 event
After four fouled attempts, the 35-year-old world championship bronze medallist from Sonepat, Dharambir hurled the club to a distance of 34.92m in his fifth attempt to claim the top spot on the podium on Wednesday, September 4.
Paris Paralympics: Indian shot putter Sachin Khilari wins silver in men’s F46 event
Khilari’s compatriots Mohammad Yasser (14.21m) and Rohit Kumar (14.10m) finished eighth and ninth, respectively.
Paralympics: India’s medal tally surges to 20 as para-athletes win five medals in a late evening rush
Deepthi, who turns 21 later this month, clocked 55.82 seconds to finish behind Yuliia Shuliar (55.16 seconds) of Ukraine and world record holder Aysel Onder (55.23) of Turkey.
Paris Paralympics: Indian javelin thrower Sumit Antil wins gold with 70.59 m record throw
Antil has become the second Indian after Devendra Jhajharia to win two gold medals in track and field competitions at the Paralympic Games.
Paris Paralympics: Shuttler Nitesh Kumar wins gold medal in badminton men’s singles SL3
After winning the first game 21-14, the Indian shuttler made some unforced errors. But came back strongly to win the match. This was also Nitesh’s first win against the British badminton player. In their last ten matches, Nitesh had never won against the Briton.
Paris Paralympics: India’s Yogesh Kathuniya wins silver in men’s discus throw F56
The Indian athlete recorded his best throw in his first attempt. There after he recorded throws of 41.50m, 41.55m, 40.33m, 40.89m and 39.68m respectively, as per reports.
Indian sprinter Preethi Pal scripts history, wins second bronze medal at Paris Paralympics
Earlier on Friday, Pal won the bronze medal in the women’s 100m -T35. She finished the race in 14.21 seconds, which was also her personal best.
