Tokyo: India won a total of ten medals, including two gold, five silver and three bronze, in Tokyo, the best performance in its Paralympic history. Avni Lekhara won the RTU 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event, giving India its first gold medal in para shooting.
Sumit Antil won the gold medal in the men’s F3 Javelin Throw, setting a new world record with a distance of 7.5 meters. Apart from Bhavina Patel’s silver in table tennis, India also won four silver in athletics. India won bronze medals in one shooting event and two athletics events.
In the Paralympics, India has won 6 medals for the best performance so far. Is. India had won 6-4 medals in the 19th Paralympics in the United States and then in Rio in 2012. While in Tokyo, India had won 10 medals. High jumper Mariyappan and javelin thrower Devendra Zazaria, who won gold medals at the Rio Olympics, won silver medals.
India’s Mariyappan won silver and India’s Sharad Kumar won bronze in the men’s T-4 category high jump event. India’s Devendra Zazaria and Sundar Singh Gurjar bagged silver and bronze medals respectively in the men’s T5 category javelin throw event. India’s Yogesh Kathunia won silver in the F4 category discus throw event.