Navdeep Singh paris paralympics games 2024 india medalist update- shooting archery athletics | Paris Paralympics- India won 29 medals for the first time: including 7 gold; Nagaland’s Hokato Sema, who lost his leg in a terrorist encounter, won bronze.

India won 7 gold medals in Paris Paralympic Games.

India ended its journey with a historic performance in the Paris Paralympics-2024 by winning 29 medals including 7 gold. On the 10th day, Saturday, 7 September, the country got 3 medals. The closing ceremony of the Games will take place on September 8 at 11:30 pm.

With the help of these medals, India stood at 16th position in the medal tally. The country won 7 gold, 9 silver and 13 bronze medals. This is India’s all-time best performance, before this the country had won 19 medals including 5 gold in Tokyo.

On the last day, India’s javelin thrower Navdeep won the silver medal in the men’s F41 category, although Navdeep was given the gold after the disqualification of Iranian athlete Beit Sayah Sadegh. Apart from Navdeep, Simran won a bronze medal each in the 200m race in the Women’s T-12 category and Hokato Sema of Nagaland won a bronze medal each in the Men’s Shotput. He lost his left leg in a terrorist encounter 22 years ago.

Maximum 17 medals in athletics India had won 19 medals in Tokyo, this time 17 medals came in athletics alone. Athletes won 4 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze medals. While badminton was the second best sport, it got 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals.

India got gold medal for the first time in Para Archery, Harvinder Singh achieved this feat. The pair of Rakesh Kumar and Sheetal Devi also won the bronze medal in Archery. Got 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals in shooting. Apart from these, got a bronze medal for the first time in Judo.

Medalists of the last day…

1. Navdeep got gold after Iranian athlete was disqualified India’s Navdeep won the silver medal in the final of the men’s F41 category, but he got the gold medal after the Iranian athlete was disqualified. Navdeep threw the best throw of 47.32 meters in his third attempt. This remained a Paralympic record, but then Iran’s Sadegh Sayah threw the best throw of 47.64 meters in his 5th attempt.

Navdeep won gold medal in Men’s F41 category.

However, Navdeep got the gold medal after the Iranian athlete was disqualified. The Iranian athlete was disqualified for showing a flag associated with a terrorist organization, while the medal of China’s Pengxiang Sun, who won bronze, was changed to silver. F41 category includes those athletes whose height is less.

Sadegh Sayah of Iran was not given the gold medal for showing a flag associated with a terrorist organization.

2. Simran achieved success in 200 meters In the Women’s T-12 category, India’s Simran finally won the bronze medal in the 200 meter race. Simran had missed winning a medal in the 100 meter race. In the final of 4 players, he completed the race with a time of 24.75 meters. The Cuban athlete won the gold medal and the Venezuelan athlete won the silver medal. T12 category includes athletes who have vision problems. Therefore, a guide also runs with him in track events.

Simran won the bronze medal in the 200 meter race in the Women’s T-12 category.

All three athletes who won medals in the Women’s T-12 category.

3. When the dream of joining Special Forces was broken, the suppression of Hokato Sema Games stopped. 40-year-old Hokato Sema finished third with a score of 14.65 metres. In this event, Iran’s Khosravi (15.96 meters) got gold and Brazil’s Thiago Paulino dos Santos (15.06) got silver.

22 years ago in 2002, Hokato Sema was a Havildar in the Assam Regiment. He lost his left leg below the knee in a landmine explosion during a terrorist encounter in Jammu and Kashmir. Due to this his dream of joining Special Forces remained unfulfilled. Disappointed Sema took up sports. He took training at the Army Paralympic Node in Pune and prepared himself as an international player.

Sema’s first medal at the international level came in 2022 at the Moroccan Grand Prix. He won the silver medal. Sema then won bronze at the Hangzhou Asian Games. He finished fourth in the World Championship.

Hokato Sema of Nagaland with bronze medal. He won bronze with a score of 14.59 metres.

6 players could not win medals Jyoti Gaderia could not complete the race in the women’s C1-3 category road cycling event. She stood at number 15. In the men’s road cycling event, Arshad Shaikh also could not complete the race, he finished 28th. India’s Suyyash Jadhav finished 5th in the Men’s 50m Butterfly S7 category.

In the women’s 200 meter women’s para canoeing final of V2 category, India’s Prachi Yadav finished 8th. He completed the race in 1.08.55 minutes. Yash Kumar finished 5th in the 200 meter canoe sprint semi-finals of the Men’s KL1 category. He could not make it to the finals. Dilip Mahadu missed winning a medal in men’s 400 meters.

Yash Kumar finished 5th in the 200 meter canoe sprint semi-finals of Men’s KL1 category.

Highlights of day 9… On Friday, India won the 27th medal in the Paris Games. Two medals were won on this day, one gold and one bronze. Praveen Kumar won the gold medal in the first Men’s High Jump T-64 final. He jumped 2.08 meters, creating an Asian record. This is India’s sixth gold in this Paralympic Games. In the shot put F-57 final, Hokato Hotze Sema won the bronze medal. He made a personal best throw of 14.65 metres. India’s Soman Rana finished 5th in the same event. He scored 14.07.

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