 "India won 29 medals at Paralympics 2024, their best-ever performance. Reuters")
India’s campaign in the Paralympic Games in Paris came to an end on Sunday afternoon, the final day of the event, with Pooja Ojha bowing out of the women’s kayak single 200m KL1 in the semi-finals.
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Pooja finished fourth in Semi-Final 1 of the event to 1:17.23, failing to reach the final as a result. Only the top three from the two semi-final groups qualified for Final A of the event.
India’s stellar campaign in Paris thus concluded with 29 medals — 7 gold, 9 silver and 13 bronze. Not only is the the most medals India has ever won in the Paralympics, the 84-strong Indian contingent also set a new record for the most gold medals won in a single edition.
Both records had been set in the Tokyo Paralympics three years ago, where India had won 5 gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze.
While there were no medals for India on the opening day, shooters Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal opened India’s account at the Paris Games after winning gold and bronze respectively in the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 event on Friday.
Sprinter Preethi Pal and shooter Manish Narwal would add to India’s medal tally on the same day, winning women’s 100m T35 bronze and men’s 10m air pistol SH1 silver respectively.
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More ShortsOver the course of the tournament, javelin star Sumit Antil would successfully retain his men’s javelin throw F64 crown by smashing his own Paralympic record that he had set three years ago.
Later Harvinder Singh would win the country’s first ever gold medal in archery at the Paralympics, three years after winning its maiden medal in the sport with a bronze.
The Paris Games also witnessed Preethi, who had become the first Indian to win a track medal at the Paralympics with a 100m bronze, win a medal of the same colour in the 200m event as well.
Para-athletics also witnessed Dharambir and Pranav Soorma win gold and silver respectively in the men’s club throw F51 category to complete a maiden one-two finish for India in an event at the Paralympics.
There were other firsts as well, such as Kapil Parmar winning the country’s first ever Paralympic medal in judo by winning bronze in the men’s 60kg J1 category.
Simran Sharma (women’s 200m T12) and Navdeep (men’s javelin throw F41) would win India’s 28th and 29th medals respectively on Saturday, the penultimate day of competitions.
Here’s what the medal table looks like so far, updated every single day of the competition:
| Position | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 94 | 76 | 50 | 220 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 49 | 44 | 31 | 124 |
| 3 | USA | 36 | 42 | 27 | 105 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 27 | 17 | 12 | 56 |
| 5 | Brazil | 25 | 26 | 38 | 89 |
| 6 | Italy | 24 | 15 | 32 | 71 |
| 7 | Ukraine | 22 | 28 | 32 | 82 |
| 8 | France | 19 | 28 | 28 | 75 |
| 9 | Australia | 18 | 17 | 28 | 63 |
| 10 | Japan | 14 | 10 | 17 | 41 |
| 18 | India | 7 | 9 | 13 | 29 |
(Last updated at 9 pm on 8 September)
Full list of medal winners for India in the 2024 Paralympics:
1. Gold — Avani Lekhara, women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1.
2. Bronze — Mona Agarwal, women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1.
3. Bronze — Preethi Pal, women’s 100m T35.
4. Silver — Manish Narwal, men’s 10m air pistol SH1.
5. Bronze — Rubina Francis, women’s 10m air pistol SH1
6. Bronze — Preethi Pal, women’s 200m T35.
7. Silver — Nishad Kumar in men’s high jump T47.
8. Silver — Yogesh Kathuniya in men’s discus throw F56.
9. Gold — Nitesh Kumar in badminton men’s singles SL3 category
10. Bronze — Manisha Ramadass in badminton women’s singles SU5 category.
11. Silver — Thulasimathi Murugesan in badminton women’s singles SU5 category.
12. Silver — Suhas Yathiraj in badminton men’s singles SL4 category.
13. Bronze — Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar in archery mixed team compound open.
14. Gold — Sumit Antil in men’s javelin throw F64.
15. Bronze — Nithya Sre Sivan in badminton women’s singles SH6 category.
16. Bronze — Deepthi Jeevanji in women’s 400m T20 category
17. Silver — Ajeet Singh in men’s javelin throw F46 category
18. Bronze — Sundar Singh Gurjar in men’s javelin throw F46 category
19. Silver — Sharad Kumar in men’s high jump T63 category
20. Bronze — Mariyappan Thangavelu in men’s high jump T63 category
21. Silver — Sachin Khilari in men’s shot put F46 category.
22. Gold — Harvinder Singh in archery men’s individual recurve open.
23. Gold — Dharambir in men’s club throw F51 category.
24. Silver — Pranav Soorma in men’s club throw F51 category.
25. Bronze — Kapil Parmar in men’s judo 60kg J1 category.
26. Gold — Praveen Kumar in men’s high jump T64 category
27. Bronze — Hokato Hotozhe Sema in men’s shot put F57 category
28. Bronze —Simran Sharma in women’s 200m T12 category
29. Gold — Navdeep in men’s javelin throw F41 category