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
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.
As medals continued to rain in India's record haul, Paris Paralympics silver medallist Yogesh Kathuniya is hopeful that India will finish in the Top 20 of the marquee event's list of medal tally.
The Indian contingent has added 20 medals to its constantly growing tally and will have an opportunity to further extend its record medal haul in a single edition of the Paralympics.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Paris Paralympics gold medal winner Avani Lekhara for her splendid performance during a telephonic conversation.
India shuttler Nitesh Kumar outplayed Great Britain's second-seeded Daniel Bethell to clinch a gold medal in the men's singles SL3 category in the ongoing Paralympics on Monday.
Aarti clinched a bronze medal in the women's 10000m race walk event with a national U20 record time to open India's medal tally account in the World U20 Athletics Championships.
The UAE team's overall medal tally in the IMMAF Youth World Championships, which concluded today in Abu Dhabi, settled at an impressive 12, including 4 gold, one silver and seven bronze.