Indian players also dominated on the seventh day of Paris Paralympics 2024 i.e. 4 August (Wednesday). Dharambir performed brilliantly and won the gold medal in Men’s Club Throw (F51). Dharambir threw 34.92 meters in his fourth attempt. Pranav Surma of India managed to win the silver medal in the same event.
Pranav threw 34.59 meters in his first attempt. Serbia’s Djelo Dimitrijevic managed to win the bronze medal with a best throw of 34.18 meters. Another Indian Amit Kumar Saroha disappointed and finished tenth (23.96 meters). This was India’s fifth gold medal in the current Paralympic Games. With these two medals, India’s medal count has now gone up to 24. India has so far won 5 gold, 8 silver and 11 bronze medals.
#ParisParalympics2024 medal table 🇮🇳#TeamIndia Dharambir and Harvinder’s gold medals helped them reach 13th place, better than their previous performance #TokyoOlympics2020,
let it be #Cheer4India There will be loud slogans tonight; let these para athletes know that… pic.twitter.com/FToZNCJoc9
– SAI Media (@Media_SAI) September 4, 2024
Dharambir’s performance in the final:
First throw – foul
Second throw – foul
Third throw – foul
Fourth throw – foul
Fifth throw- 34.92 meters
Sixth throw- 31.59 meters
Pranav Surma’s performance in the final:
First throw- 34.59m
Second throw- 34.19 meters
Third throw – foul
Fourth throw- 34.50 meters
Fifth throw- 33.90 meters
Sixth throw- 33.70 meters
India’s medallists at Paris Paralympics 2024
1. Avani Lekhara (Shooting)- Gold Medal, Women’s 10m Air Rifle (SH1)
2. Mona Agarwal (Shooting)- Bronze Medal, Women’s 10m Air Rifle (SH1)
3. Preeti Pal (Athletics)- Bronze Medal, Women’s 100m Race (T35)
4. Manish Narwal (Shooting)- Silver Medal, Men’s 10m Air Pistol (SH1)
5. Rubina Francis (Shooting)- Bronze Medal, Women’s 10m Air Pistol (SH1)
6. Preeti Pal (Athletics)- Bronze Medal, Women’s 200m Race (T35)
7. Nishad Kumar (Athletics)- Silver Medal, Men’s High Jump (T47)
8. Yogesh Kathuniya (Athletics)- Silver Medal, Men’s Discus Throw (F56)
9. Nitesh Kumar (Badminton)- Gold Medal, Men’s Singles (SL3)
10. Manisha Ramdas (Badminton)- Bronze Medal, Women’s Singles (SU5)
11. Thulasimathi Murugesan (Badminton)- Silver Medal, Women’s Singles (SU5)
12. Suhas L Yathiraj (Badminton)- Silver Medal, Men’s Singles (SL4)
13. Sheetal Devi-Rakesh Kumar (Archery)- Bronze Medal, Mixed Compound Open
14. Sumit Antil (Athletics) – Gold Medal, Men’s Javelin Throw (F 64 Category)
15. Nitya Sri Sivan (Badminton)- Bronze Medal, Women’s Singles (SH6)
16. Deepti Jeevanjee (Athletics)- Bronze Medal, Women’s 400m (T20)
17. Mariyappan Thangavelu (Athletics)- Bronze Medal, Men’s High Jump (T63)
18. Sharad Kumar (Athletics) – Silver Medal, Men’s High Jump (T63)
19. Ajit Singh (Athletics) – Silver Medal, Men’s Javelin Throw (F46)
20. Sundar Singh Gurjar (Athletics) – Bronze Medal, Men’s Javelin Throw (F46)
21. Sachin Sarjerao Khilari (Athletics) – Silver Medal, Men’s Shot Put (F46)
22. Harvinder Singh (Archery)- Gold Medal, Men’s Individual Recurve Open
24. Dharambir (Athletics)- Gold Medal, Men’s Club Throw (F51)
25. Pranav Surma (Athletics)- Silver Medal, Men’s Club Throw (F51)
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)