India achieved its best-ever medal haul at a single edition of the Paralympic Games in Paris and also surpassed the Tokyo gold tally after Praveen Kumar won a gold in men’s high jump T64 event on Friday.
Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Harvinder Singh made further history for India by winning the gold medal in the Men's Individual Recurve Open, becoming the first Indian archer to win a gold medal in the Paralympic Games.
Manisha’s dominance started in the first game. Despite her Danish opponent hanging close, Manisha built a sizable lead and took advantage to win the first game 21-12, going up 1-0 in 13 minutes.
On a very successful day for India in badminton which saw the country win four medals on Monday, Sukant Kadam's hopes of winning a medal in his Paralympics debut ended in a setback as he lost 0-2 to Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan in the Men's Singles SL4 bronze medal match.
Earlier in the day, India's Ravi Rongali missed out on a medal after finishing fifth in the men's shot put F40 final with a personal best effort of 10.63m at Stade de France.
Preethi Pal scripted history after clinching bronze in the women's 200m T35 in the ongoing 2024 Games as she became the first Indian woman athlete to win two medals in track & field in the Paralympics or Olympics.
Tokyo Paralympics gold medallist Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal have qualified in the women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 final at the Paris Paralympics, here on Friday.
