Asian Para Games: Indian Athletes Creates History, Bag 111 Medal

With An Astounding 111 Medals At The Conclusion Of Their Hangzhou Asian Para Games Campaign, Indian Para Athletes Made History On Saturday. This Is The Largest Medal Haul For The Nation In Any Major International Multi-Sport Event.

The Indian Para Athletes Earned Four More Medals At The Hangzhou Asian Games, Which Took Place From September 23 To October 8, Than The Record 107 Won By The Able-Bodied Participants, With 29 Gold, 31 Silver, And 51 Bronze In Their Collection.

India Ended At Fifth Place In The Medals Tally, A Remarkable Achievement In Itself, Below China (521 Medals: 214 Gold, 167 Silver, 140 Bronze), Iran (44 Gold, 46 Silver, 41 Bronze), Japan (42, 49, 59) And Korea (30, 33, 40).

In 2010, Guangzhou, China Hosted The Inaugural Para Asian Games, In Which India Placed Fifteenth Overall With Fourteen Medals, Including One Gold.

India Had Placed 15th And 9th In The 2014 And 2018 Tournaments, Respectively.

The Only Instance India Had Crossed The 100-Medal Mark In A Major International Multi-Sport Event (Olympics, Asian Games And Commonwealth Games) Was The 101 Won During The 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.

“We Have Created History, And The Nation Is Proud Of Our Paralympic Athletes.” Deepa Malik, Head Of The Paralympic Committee Of India, Told PTI That “We Will Win More Medals In The Paris Paralympics Than In Tokyo.”

On Thursday, India Had Gone Past The Earlier Highest Asian Para Games Tally Of 72 Medals (15 Gold, 24 Silver, 33 Bronze) Achieved In The 2018 Edition.

India Won 39 More Medals Than The 2018 Edition With Athletics Contributing 55 (18 Gold, 17 Silver, 20) Out Of India’s Total Of 111.

With 21, Including Four Gold, Indian Shuttlers Contributed The Second-Most Medals. Shooting Delivered Six Medals, While Chess And Archery Gave Out Eight And Seven Medals, Respectively.

On The Concluding Day On Saturday, India Added 12 Medals, Including Four Gold. Seven Medals Came From Chess, Four From Athletics And One From Rowing.

In The Men’s Javelin Throw F55, Neeraj Yadav Of India Started The Day With A Gold Medal And A Games Record Of 33.69 Meters. In The Same Competition, Fellow Countryman Tek Chand Won Bronze With A Personal Best Of 30.36 Meters.

In 49.48 Seconds, Dilip Mahadu Gaviot Won The Men’s 400-Meter T47 Race, Adding Another Gold Medal To His Resume.

Pooja Then Picked Up The Last Athletics Medal By Bagging A Bronze In Women’s 1500m T20 Race With A Time Of 5:38.81s.