Paralympics: Krishna Nagar wins India’s fifth gold in Tokyo
The 22-year-old from Jaipur did not disappoint as he played a superb aggressive game to prevail over Hong Kong's Chu Man Kai 2-1 in 43 minutes.
The 22-year-old from Jaipur did not disappoint as he played a superb aggressive game to prevail over Hong Kong's Chu Man Kai 2-1 in 43 minutes.
On the penultimate day of the track and field event, the Chinese set a number of records. Deng Peicheng, making his Paralympic debut, won the men's 100m of T36 class in 11.85 seconds, setting a Paralympic record.
The 38-year-old Noida district magistrate, Yathiraj, who has an impairment in one of his ankles, produced an entertaining performance before narrowly going down to two-time world champion Mazur.
India can now expect two medals from this section, Bhagat fighting for the gold while Sarkar will take on Fujihara in the bronze medal match to be played later in the day.
Narwal shot a Paralympic record 218 in the final while Singhraj, who had won a bronze medal in the 10m Air Pistol SH1 earlier this week, finished second with a score of 216.7.
Sumit Antil had set a new world record on his way to a gold medal in the javelin throw - F64 final, hurling the spear to 68.55 metres, improving on his old mark of 62.88 set in November 2019.
Praveen's silver medal is India's 11th medal at Tokyo 2020, which includes two gold, six silver and three bronze medals.
Lekhara's hopes of adding a second medal to the gold she won in the R2 Women's 10m Air Rifle SH1 did not materialize as the 19-year-old Indian shooter finished 27th.
Yogesh Kathuniya's medal is also India's 4th confirmed medal at the Tokyo Paralympics. With the medal, India has already matched its best-ever Paralympics medal tally from 1984 and 2016.
Jhajharia, who won gold medals in 2004 Athens and 2016 Rio with world record throws, threw 64.35 much farther than his world record of 63.97 but Sri Lanka's Dinesh Priyan Mudiyanselage Herath produced a gigantic throw of 67.79 to set a new world record and win the gold medal. Sundar Singh Gurjar, a two-time World Championship gold medallist, took bronze with a best throw of 64.01 meters on Monday.
