Indian para athletes continued their dream run on the Asian Para Games 2023 with 17 extra medals in Hangzhou on Saturday, October 27. Teenage sensation Sheetal Devi claimed her second Gold of the event to turn into the first-ever Indian girl to win two Golds in a single version of the Asian Games.
Already securing the all-time end, India additional shone on Day 6 to take their medal count to 99. Indian para contingent additionally rose within the medals standings from the eighth place to sixth on Saturday. The event is ready to conclude on Sunday and Indian athletes will likely be trying to cross the historic 100-medal mark and end within the prime 5.
Sheetal Devi, the 16-year-old archer from Jammu and Kashmir, received Gold in combined and Silver within the ladies’s doubles occasions. She additionally bagged a Gold within the particular person compound occasion to take her tally to three on Day 6. Rakesh Kumar additionally bagged his second medal in archery after successful Silver within the males’s particular person compound occasion.
In badminton, Pramod Bhagat bagged a Gold by beating his compatriot Nitesh Kumar within the males’s singles SL3 occasion. Yathiraj Suhas Lalinakere emerged as a winner within the SL4 class to enhance India to double gold in badminton on Saturday. Nitesh Kumar and Tarun made it three Golds by successful the boys’s doubles SL3/SL4 occasions after which Thulasimathi Murugesan created history with one other Gold by successful the ladies’s singles SU5 occasion.
(*99*)Asian Para Games 2023 Medals Standing:
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1. | China | 196 | 159 | 138 | 493 |
| 2. | Japan | 39 | 44 | 56 | 139 |
| 3. | Islamic Republic of Iran | 39 | 39 | 37 | 115 |
| 4. | Republic of Korea | 28 | 30 | 37 | 95 |
| 5. | Indonesia | 26 | 21 | 32 | 79 |
| 6. | India | 25 | 29 | 45 | 99 |
(*99*)PM Narendra Modi pours needs on medal winners:
