India sweep podium in men's discus throw F54/55/56 event at Asian Para Games

Hangzhou [China], October 24 (ANI): India swept the men's discus throw-F54/55/56 podium in the Hangzhou Asian Para Games on Tuesday as India's Neeraj Yadav, Yogesh Kathuniya and Muthuraja claimed gold, silver and bronze medals respectively in the event.

2⃣nd Clean Sweep at #AsianParaGames2022 as our Para athletes give us a grand podium finish in Men's Discus Throw F54/55/56 Event🥳#Gold🥇for #TOPSchemeAthlete @neerajy31401032 with a Personal Best throw of 38.56m (1014 points as per Raza scaling system to secure🥇)… pic.twitter.com/RpPF4n9DKl

— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) October 24, 2023

Neeraj won a gold medal with a Personal Best throw of 38.56m (1014 points as per the Raza scaling system to secure). Kathuniya with a throw of 42.13 bagged silver while Muthuraja with a throw of 35.06 secured bronze.
Meanwhile, Rubina Francis clinched a bronze medal in P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 Final Event. Indian runner Makanahalli Shankarappa Sharath blazed towards victory in the Men's 5000m T13 event, clocking an impressive 20:18.90 for a gold medal.
Earlier, Deepthi Jeevanji bagged a gold medal in the women's 400m-T20, setting a new Asian Para record and games record.
Deepthi, with a record timing of 56.69s, secured a top podium finish ahead of Thailand's Orawan Kaising who gave her personal best time of 59.00s and still had to settle for silver. Japan's Niina Kanno bagged a bronze by clocking her personal best of 59.73s.
In the men's 400m-T64 final, Ajay Kumar gave his personal best timing of 54.85s to clinch a silver medal. Saudi Arabia's Nour Mohammed broke the Asian Para record with a timing of 52.81s. Thailand's Jafa Seapla settled for bronze with a timing of 55.09s.
Earlier in the day, Manish Kaurav clinched a bronze medal in the Canoe Men's KL3 Final event to open India's medal count on Day 2.
Manish clocked 44.605s to secure a podium finish falling short of the gold by just 2.347s. Uzbekistan's Khasan Kuldashev bagged the gold medal with a timing of 42.258s. While Kazakhstan's Zhalgas Taikenov settled for a silver medal with a timing of 44.605s.
India's Prachi Yadav clinched a gold medal in the Canoe women's KL2 event on Day 2 after securing a silver on Day 1 in the women's VL2 final.
The Indian contingent will be keen to replicate the success of Day 1 as they ended with 17 medals - 6 gold, 6 silver and 5 bronze.
This time India has sent 303 athletes - 191 men and 112 women - to the fourth edition of the Asian Para Games which is the largest contingent to the continental event.
At the 2018 Asian Para Games, India sent a total of 190 athletes and returned with 72 medals, including 15 gold, for their best performance at the quadrennial event. (ANI)