Paris Paralympics 2024: From Praveen's gold to Hokato's bronze, top moments from Day 9

After three whirlwind days when it absolutely rained medals in the Paris Paralympics from Monday to Wednesday, the Indian contingent has been making steady additions to their overall haul.

After Kapil Parmar won a historic bronze in judo on Thursday, it was the athletics contingent that delivered a couple of medals for the nation, including a gold, breaking another record in the process.

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There was more good news in store from the athletics contingent as para-sprinter Simran Sharma qualified for another final. The day also had its share of an athlete failing to secure a podium finish despite delivering their personal best performance.

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Here are some of the key moments from Day 9 of the Paralympic Games:

Praveen wins gold

The highlight of the day was Praveen Kumar winning gold in the men’s high jump T64 final by clearing 2.08 metres. USA’s Derek Loccident had initially set the Paralympic record with a jump of 2.06m. Praveen not only not only jumped that height successfully, he raised the bar a couple of centimetres higher to set a new record in the Games.

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The 21-year-old from Govindgarh near Noida, who was born with a short leg and had initially taken up the sport of volleyball, had won silver in the same event in the Tokyo Paralympics three years ago and managed to upgrade his medal on Friday. He had also won gold in the Asian Para-Games last year.

Praveen’s gold was India’s sixth in the ongoing Paralympics, surpassing the five that they had won in Tokyo 2020, their previous highest haul of gold medals in a single edition of the Paralympics.

Hokato wins bronze

India managed to collect a second medal in its final event of Day 9, with Hokato Hotozhe Sema winning bronze in the men’s shot put F57 catergory.

The 40-year-old from Dimapur, Nagaland, who was with the Indian Army when he lost his leg in a landmine accident at the Line of Control in 2002, finished third in the event with a throw of 14.65 metres, which also happened to be his personal best.

His bronze helped the Indian contingent end the day on 27 medals, taking their bronze medal count to 12. It was also the 15th medal won by the athletics contingent in Paris.

Sema wasn’t the only Indian competing in the event though; Soman Rana finished fifth with a top throw of 14.07 metres, briefly occupying the bronze medal spot in the final.

Simran qualifies for another final

There was more good news in store for the Indian contingent with para-sprinter Simran Sharma, who has Abhay Singh as her guide in the Paris Games, qualifying for the 200m T12 final.

The Ghaziabad native had narrowly missed out on a podium finish in the 100m sprint in the same category, finishing fourth with a timing of 12.31 seconds.

Simran had topped her heat with a timing of 25.41 seconds as well as Semi-Final 3, in which she recorded a timing of 25.03s.

The 24-year-old had won gold in this category in the World Championships in Kobe earlier this year and will be hoping to add a Paralympic gold to her collection on Saturday.

Bhavanaben Chaudhary produces personal-best throw

Meanwhile in the women’s javelin throw F46 final, Bhavanaben Chaudhary finished fifth with a throw of 39.70 metres, improving her personal best not once but thrice in the final.

That, however, was not enough for Chaudhary to secure a place on the podium as she finished fifth in the event, with the top four having breached the 40-metre mark. Venezuela’s Daniela Naibys Morillo Gil didn’t just win the gold medal — she also broke the Paralympic record with a throw of 43.77 metres in her final attempt.