China continues to lead the medals table with a total of 215 medals, including 93 golds. Great Britain is in second place, followed by the USA in third with 47 and 35 gold medals, respectively.
India has achieved its best-ever Paralympic performance, winning seven gold, nine silver, and 13 bronze medals in Paris. This surpasses their Tokyo Paralympics gold medal count, with Praveen Kumar securing the sixth gold for India in the men’s high jump T64 by clearing 2.08 meters. Praveen improved from his previous silver medal at Tokyo, and Hokato Hotozhe contributed a bronze in the men’s shot put F57 event, bringing India’s total to 27 medals.
On Saturday, Simran earned a bronze in the women’s 200m T12 with a personal best time of 24.75. Navdeep originally won silver in the men’s javelin F41 final with a personal best throw of 47.32 meters, but the medal was upgraded to gold after the disqualification of the original gold medalist, Sadegh Beit Sayah.
Kapil Parmar secured India’s 25th medal with a bronze in the men’s -60kg J1 event, defeating Brazil’s Elielton de Oliveira. Harvinder Singh made history by winning India’s first-ever gold in para archery, defeating Poland’s Lukasz Ciszek 6-0 (28-24, 28-27, 29-25) in the men’s individual recurve open final and clinching his second consecutive Paralympic medal.
Later, Dharambir set an Asian record with a 34.92-meter throw in the men’s club throw F51 final, equaling India’s gold count from Tokyo. Pranav Soorma also excelled in the same event, winning silver with a throw of 34.59 meters.
Sachin Khilari previously won silver in the men’s shot put F46 final with a throw of 16.32 meters.
