New Delhi: India scripted history on Tuesday by registering their best-ever medal haul in the history of the Paralympics. The Indian contingent surpassed the last edition’s number of medals on the back of a sensational performance by the track and field athletes on Tuesday.
After a slow start to the Games, Indian athletes produced a brilliant display on Day 5 and Day 6 to win a total of 13 medals. While eight medals came on Monday, five were bagged on Tuesday to take India’s tally to 20 (3 gold, 7 silver, 10 bronze). The medal rush surpassed the previous best tally (19) at the Tokyo Paralympic Games three years ago.
India’s track and field athletes shone for the second consecutive day, bagging five medals – two silver and three bronze to ended day six with 20 medals and at 17th place.
Deepthi Jeevanji (Bronze in 400m T20), Mariyappan Thangavelu (Bronze in Men’s high jump T63), Sharad Kumar (Silver in Men’s high jump T63) Ajeet Singh (Silver in Men’s javelin throw F46) and Sundar Singh Gurjar (Bronze in Men’s javelin throw F46) bagged the medals on Day 6.
While India went the previous best tally of 19 medals, the country is still behind the Tokyo Games in one aspect.
How India’s Tokyo haul is still ahead of Paris Paralympics?
While India have surpassed the overall tally of 19 medals recorded at Tokyo, their performance in Paris is still behind in one aspect. India had claimed 19 medals (five gold, eight silver and six bronze) at the Tokyo Paralympics and despite reaching the 20-medal mark in Paris remains behind in terms of gold medal victories.
India won five gold in Tokyo but so far in Paris have claimed only three gold medals. This stat, however, can change, as India still have a chance to add medals to their tally.
Avani Lekhara (Shooting), Nitesh Kumar (Badminton) and Sumit Antil (Javelin Throw) are the gold-medal winners from this edition.
Lekhara and Antil both won gold in Tokyo as well.
India’s medal winners at Paris 2024 Paralympics
No.
Athlete
Sport
Medal
1
Avani Lekhara
Shooting
Gold
2
Mona Agarwal
Shooting
Bronze
3
Preethi Pal
Athletics
Bronze
4
Manish Narwal
Shooting
Silver
5
Rubina Francis
Shooting
Bronze
6
Preethi Pal
Athletics
Bronze
7
Nishad Kumar
Athletics
Silver
8
Yogesh Kathuniya
Athletics
Silver
9
Nitesh Kumar
Badminton
Gold
10
Thulasimathi Murugesan
Badminton
Silver
11
Manisha Ramadass
Badminton
Bronze
12
Suhas Yathiraj
Badminton
Silver
13
Rakesh Kumar/Sheetal Devi
Archery
Bronze
14
Sumit Antil
Athletics
Gold
15
Nithya Sre
Badminton
Bronze
16
Deepthi Jeevanji
Athletics
Bronze
17
Mariyappan Thangavelu
Athletics
Bronze
18
Sharad Kumar
Athletics
Silver
19
Ajeet Singh
Athletics
Silver
20
Sundar Singh Gurjar
Athletics
Bronze
Paris 2024 Paralympics medals tally
Rank
Country
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1
China
51
39
22
111
2
Great Britain
30
17
12
59
3
USA
19
23
11
53
4
Brazil
14
10
24
48
5
France
11
12
15
38
15
India
3
7
10
20
While India went the previous best tally of 19 medals at the ongoing Paris Paralympics, the country is still behind the Tokyo Games in one aspect. Other Sports Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
