Asian Para Games: India Claim 18 Medals on Day 2 at Hangzhou to Take Overall Tally to 35 Medals – News18

Prachi Yadav grew to become the primary Indian to win a para canoe gold within the Asian Para Games as she led the nation’s medal rush for the second consecutive day right here on Tuesday.

India received 18 medals on Tuesday, together with 4 gold, taking the overall tally to 35 within the first two days of competitors. India had received 17 medals, together with six gold, on Monday.

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India remained in fourth spot within the standings with 10 gold, 12 silver and 13 bronze, behind China (155), Iran (44) and Uzbekistan (38).

Prachi, who had received a silver within the canoe VL2 class on Monday, bagged her second medal of the Games as she picked up a gold within the KL2 occasion.

Deepthi Jeevanji (girls’s T20 400m), Sharath Shankarappa Makanahalli (males’s T13 5000m) and Neeraj Yadav (males’s F54/55/56 discus throw) have been the opposite gold medal winners on Tuesday.

The 28-yr-outdated Prachi, who’s paralysed under the waist, clocked 54.962 to cowl the 500m distance and win gold within the KL2 occasion, meant for athletes who propel themselves with their arms and partial trunk and leg operate. She hails from Gwalior.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi appreciated the medal-successful efforts of the Indian athletes in a sequence of tweets. ”Congratulations to @ItzPrachi on successful the distinguished Gold Medal within the Para Canoe Women’s KL2 occasion. This was such an distinctive efficiency, which has made India proud. Best needs for the endeavours forward,” Modi wrote on X, acknowledging the stupendous effort of Prachi.

Deepthi then received gold within the girls’s T20 class 400m race — meant for athletes with mental impairment — with the Games and Asian report timing of 56.69 seconds.

Makanahalli clocked 20:18.90 to win the 5000m race competed by runners with a visible impairment. Only the gold medal was awarded on this occasion as simply two athletes competed within the occasion.

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Indians swept all three medals in males’s F54/55/56 discus throw occasion with Neeraj Yadav successful the gold with the Games and Asian report distance of 38.56m. Yogesh Kathuniya (42.13m) and Muthuraja (35.06m) have been second and third respectively.

Ravi Rongali (males’s F40 shot put), Parmod (males’s T46 1500m), Ajay Kumar (males’s T64 400m) and Simran Sharma (girls’s T12 100m) clinched a silver every from the monitor. Rakesh Bhaira picked a bronze within the males’s T46 1500m occasion.

The PM additionally lauded their achievements on his X web page.

In para capturing, Rudransh Khandelwal and Manish Narwal bagged a silver and bronze respectively within the P1 males’s 10m air pistol SH1 occasion whereas Rubina Francis bagged a bronze within the P2 girls’s 10m air pistol SH1 class.

The bronze medal winners on the day have been Manish Kaurav (males’s KL3 canoe) — who’s the husband of Prachi –, Ashok (males’s 65kg powerlifting), Gajendra Singh (males’s VL2 canoe) and Ekta Bhayan (girls’s F32/51 membership throw).

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India picked up a whopping 17 medals, together with six gold, on the primary day of competitions with star shooter Avani Lekhara main the way in which.

Besides Avani (girls’s R2 10m air rifle standing SH1), the opposite gold winners on Monday have been Pranav Soorma (males’s F51 membership throw), Shailesh Kumar (males’s T63 excessive soar), Nishad Kumar (males’s T47 excessive soar), Ankur Dhama (males’s T11 5000m) and Praveen Kumar (males’s T64 excessive soar).

India is being represented by 313 athletes at the Hangzhou Para Asian Games, probably the most in any version, with a goal of successful 100 medals.

The nation is taking part in 17 out of the 22 sports activities, fielding athletes for the primary time in rowing, canoeing, garden bowls, taekwondo and blind soccer.

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