Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the athletes’ “dedication, ardour and dedication” in a message on social media platform X, celebrating their record-breaking achievement.
“India is proud and delighted! Our unimaginable Paralympic contingent has set a document for the highest-ever medals for our nation in any Paralympics. This reveals the dedication, ardour and dedication of our athletes. Congrats to each participant,” Modi wrote.
Avani Lekhara secured India’s first gold medal with a record-breaking efficiency within the ladies’s 10m air rifle, whereas Manish Narwal and Rubina Francis clinched silver and bronze respectively within the males’s and girls’s 10m air pistol occasions.
Sumit Antil defended his Paralympic title within the males’s javelin throw F64 with one other record-breaking efficiency. Nishad Kumar secured silver within the males’s excessive soar T47, whereas Yogesh Kathuniya claimed silver within the males’s discus throw F56. Preeti Pal bagged bronze in each the ladies’s 100m and 200m T35 occasions.
Sharad Kumar and Mariyappan Thangavelu achieved a double podium end, securing silver and bronze respectively within the males’s excessive soar T6 last. Ajeet Singh and Sundar Singh Gurjar mirrored this feat within the males’s javelin throw F46, profitable silver and bronze respectively. Deepthi Jeevanji added one other bronze to India’s tally within the ladies’s 400m T20 last.
Nitesh Kumar clinched gold within the males’s singles SL3 class, whereas Thulasimathi Murugesan secured silver within the ladies’s singles SU5. Manisha Ramadass added one other bronze to India’s medal tally within the ladies’s singles SU5. Nithya Sre Sivan gained bronze within the ladies’s SH6 class.
Sachin Khilari bagged silver within the males’s shot put F46 last. The archery duo of Rakesh Kumar and Sheetal Devi gained bronze within the combined crew compound occasion.
