Leading javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra of India praised the Indian team’s performance at the Paralympics in Paris on Monday.
On Monday, prominent Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra expressed his congratulations to the Indian team for their achievement at the Paralympics in Paris. With a record 29 medals at the end of the historic Paris Paralympics, the Indian contingent won the most medals of any nation in the competition’s history: seven gold, nine silver, and thirteen bronze. India’s historic campaign at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics has surpassed its previous best-ever campaign, which yielded 19 medals total—five gold, eight silver, and six bronze.
Taking to his official X handle, Neeraj remarked that the whole nation is proud of the Indian delegation that participated at the Paris Paralympics.
“What a performance by #TeamIndia at the 2024 Paralympics. Thank you to everyone of the competitors and the support team for giving it your all and winning 29 medals! Neeraj wrote on X, “India is proud of you.”
This record-haul also helped India cross the 50-medal milestone in the history of the competition. In contrast to the nine para-athletes that competed in Tokyo 2020, 84 para-athletes represented the tricolor in 12 different disciplines between August 28 and Sunday. In Paris, India also took part in three new sports: blind judo, para rowing, and paracycling.
At the Paralympic Games, India broke a number of records and achieved some new “firsts.” Para-shooter Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman to win two gold medals, as she successfully defended her world record in the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 shooting title with a score of 249.7 points. Another first for India was a one-two finish in a para-athletics competition, as Dharambir and Parnav Soorma won gold and silver, respectively, in the men’s club throw F51 event. Dharambir also set an Asian record of 34.92 m.
Harvinder Singh defeated Lukasz Ciszek of Poland in the individual recurve para-archery gold medal match, making history as India’s first-ever archery champion in both the Olympics and Paralympics.
Ace javelin thrower from India With a jaw-dropping throw of 70.59 meters, Sumit Antil made history by becoming the first male Indian to win gold in the F64 event twice in a row. On three separate occasions, he surpassed his own record from the Tokyo 2020.
