India Ends Paris Paralympics 2024 With 29 Medals. Pakistan, China Got
The Paris Paralympic Games |A|
2024 concluded for India |B|
on Sunday, with Pooja |C|
Ojha the final athlete |D|
in action. Ojha failed |E|
to qualify for the |F|
women's kayak 200m final |G|
and bowed out of |H|
the competition. As a |J|
result, India's medals tally |K|
at the Paris Paralympics |L|
ended at 29 -- |M|
seven golds, nine silvers |O|
and 13 bronze, making |P|
it the most rewarded |Q|
campaign for the country. |R|
Courtesy of the 29 |S|
medals, India stood at |U|
the 18th position in |V|
the points table. Pakistan, |Y|
who were also competing |Z|
win the event, ended |A|
the campaign joint-bottom at |B|
the 79th position, with |C|
just a solitary bronze |D|
to its name. India did |E|
very well in the |F|
2024 campaign, beating top |G|
nations like Switzerland, Belgium, |H|
South Korea, Turkey, Argentina, |J|
etc. to finish the |K|
Paris Para Games among |L|
the top 20 countries |M|
in the world. In comparison |O|
to India, the traditional |P|
heavyweights at the Paralympic |Q|
Games -- China, Great |R|
Britain, USA, Italy, etc. |S|
did very well gain, |U|
finishing among the top |V|
10 nations. India, having |Y|
shown significant progression in |Z|
Paris, would be keen |A|
to produce an even |B|
better show in the |C|
2028 LA Para Games. On |D|
Saturday, India earned its |E|
29th and final medal |F|
of the Paris Paralympic |G|
Games through Navdeep Singh |H|
who clinched gold medal |J|
in men's javelin throw |K|
F41 classification. Navdeep, who competes |L|
in the classification meant |M|
for athletes of short |O|
stature, originally ended with |P|
a silver after he |Q|
upstaged world record holder |R|
Sun Pengxiang of China |S|
with a 47.32m throw. However, |U|
that was upgraded to |V|
an unprecedented gold after |Y|
Iran's Sadegh Beit Sayah |Z|
was disqualified for repeatedly |A|
displaying an objectionable flag. |B|
Pengxiang (44.72m) finished with |C|
a silver. Sayah had managed |D|
to nose ahead of |E|
the field with a |F|
new Paralympic record of |G|
47.64m in his penultimate |H|
throw but lost the |J|
medal owing to his |K|
antics. The International Paralympic Committee |L|
rules bar athletes from |M|
making any political gestures |O|
at the event and |P|
Sayah was thrown out |Q|
of the final results |R|
for unsporting/improper conduct. At the |S|
same venue, Simran, accompanied |U|
by her guide Abhay |V|
Singh, clocked an impressive |Y|
personal best of 24.75sec |Z|
to finish with a |A|
bronze in the women's |B|
200m (T12) event. The 24-year-old |C|
from Delhi, who was |D|
found to be visually |E|
impaired at the time |F|
of her premature birth, |G|
is the reigning world |H|
champion in this event. |J|
She had finished fourth |K|
in the 100m competition |L|
of the ongoing Games |M|
and Saturday's medal helped |O|
her redeem her campaign. Track-and-field |P|
has contributed 17 medals |Q|
to this tally, four |R|
of them gold. The |S|
country is placed 15th |U|
in the overall standings, |V|
led by China with |Y|
a whopping 208 medals, |Z|
including 90 gold. For Navdeep, |A|
the gold makes up |B|
for the fourth-place heartbreak |C|
he endured in the |D|
Tokyo Games. An inspector in |E|
the Income Tax Department, |F|
Navdeep has medalled five |G|
times at the national |H|
level since taking to |J|
the sport in 2017. |K|
He won a bronze |L|
in the para-world championships |M|
earlier this year. Simran, on |O|
the other hand, won |P|
two silver medals at |Q|
the Asian Para Games |R|
in Hangzhou last year |S|
and secured three gold |U|
medals in the 100m, |V|
200m, and long jump |Y|
at the inaugural Khelo |Z|
India Para Games last |A|
December.
