Hokato Hotozhe Sema secured a bronze medal for the country at the ongoing para multi-sport event in the final of the men's shot put F57 final on Saturday.
In the medal match, Hokato recorded the best throw of 14.65 m, which is also his personal best now. Iran's Yashin Khosravi secured the top spot and gold with a throw of 15.96 m while the silver went to Thiago Paulino dos Santos of Brazil after he threw 15.06 m.
India's medal tally in the ongoing Paralympics has gone up to 26, with six gold medals, nine silver medals and 11 bronze medals. This is the most gold India has ever won at a Paralympics Games event, outdoing the total of five gold in Tokyo 2020. Also, this is the most number of medals India
Paralympic bronze medallist Deepthi Jeevanji on Friday received a warm welcome at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad on her return home.
Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik said that it was the personal choice of wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat to join the Congress. She added that she had also received offers to join politics but she had no inclination towards it.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President of India, Draupadi Murmu, and Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya heaped praise on world no. 1 India Judoka Kapil Parmar on winning the bronze medal at the ongoing Paris Paralympics 2024 on Thursday.
Actor Jackie Shroff congratulated India judoka Kapil Parmar as he scripted history by winning a bronze medal in the men's -60kg J1 contest on Thursday at the Paris Paralympics.
India's para-archery duo Harvinder Singh and Pooja fell short in the bronze medal tie against Slovenia's Ziva Lavrinc and Dejan Fabcic in the mixed team recurve open at the Paris Paralympics on Thursday.
India para-athlete Kapil Parma clinched a bronze medal by ousting Brazil's Elielton de Oliveira in the men's -60kg J1 contest on Thursday at the Paris Paralympics.
Para-athlete Deepthi Jeevanji on Thursday arrived at Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital after her bronze medal triumph at the ongoing Paris Paralympics.
Pranjali Dhumal clinched bronze in Women's 25m Pistol event, to take India's tally to 13 medals (three gold, six silver and four bronze) after day four of the 2nd World Deaf Shooting Championship 2024 being held in Hanover, Germany.
India enjoyed double podium finishes on Tuesday too after Ajeet Singh and Sundar Singh Gurjar claimed silver and bronze medals, respectively, in the men's javelin throw F46 event and moments later, the duo of Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar won the bronze and silver medals in the men'