In an impressive achievement for the state of Odisha, Pranati Naik secured the gold in Women's Artistic Gymnastics. Meanwhile, Jhilli Dalabehera and Sneha Soren, clinched bronze medals in the weightlifting discipline at the 37th edition of the National Games held in Goa.
The extraordinary journey of Indian Para-Powerlifting continues to gather momentum as Meerut's Zainab Khatun and Delhi's Rajkumari, both competing in the 61kg weight category, clinched silver and bronze medals on the second day of the competition at the Asian Games.
Maharashtra's Dipali Gursale and Prashant Koli of Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) created new national records on the opening day of the weightlifting competition to clinch the gold medals in the 37th National Games at the Campal Sports Village
Following India's success at the ongoing Asian Para Games in Hangzhou on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated all the medalists who have clinched medals at the para multi-sports event.
India has won 55 medals so far, consisting of 14 gold, 19 silver and 22 bronze medals. 35 of these medals have come in athletics, with 12 golds and silvers each and 11 bronze medals.
The flurry of medals continued on Day 3 as Indian shuttlers performed exceptionally to clinch two bronze medals in the mixed doubles event in the ongoing 4th Asian Para Games on Wednesday.
Sumit Antil and Pushpendra Singh dominated the podium standings by clinching gold and bronze medals respectively in the men's Javelin Throw-F64 final on Day 3 of the ongoing 4th Asian Para Games.
India enjoyed double-medal glory in the men's 10m Air Pistol SH1 event as Rudransh Khandelwal and Manish Narwal clinched silver and bronze medals respectively.