India achieved a spectacular podium sweep at the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, as Sachin Sarjerao Khilari, Mohd. Yasser, and Parveen clinched gold, silver, and bronze, respectively, in the men’s shot put F46 event today.
Khilari led the Indian triumph with a record-breaking throw of 15.87 metres. Yasser secured the silver medal with a best throw of 15.06 metres, while Parveen claimed bronze with 14.94 metres. These athletes also recorded their Season Best performances, making it a memorable clean sweep for India on the podium.
India’s Praveen Kumar won gold in the men’s high jump T44/64 with a Games record, while Banti clinched silver in the same event in Aichi Nagoya, Japan today. Praveen sailed over 2.05m to win the gold while Banti produced a personal best of 1.92m to take the silver. Temurbek Giyazov of Uzbekistan was third with 1.86m.
Ayush Verma also won gold medal in the men’s shot put F53 event today, adding a second medal to his tally. Ayush produced a throw of 8.16m in his fifth attempt to take the top spot. Alireza Hemami of Iran was second with 8.09m while Makhambet Serikkaliyev of Kazakhstan finished third with 6.81m. F53 is for field athletes who have movement affected to a high degree in the trunk and legs and hand grip affected to a low level.
Teenage Indian pair of para-archers Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag clinched a silver medal after losing in the compound women’s doubles final today. Sheetal, who was born without arms, and Payal, a quadruple amputee, went down 141-150 to the Chinese duo of Xu Xueqing and Zhao Jing. Sheetal had won a silver medal in this event in the last edition of the Games partnering Sarita Devi.
In the men’s 100m T35 event Anubhav Choudhary secured Bronze medal. He clocked a personal best of 12.72 seconds to win the medal. Rakeshbhai Bhatt also won bronze medal in men’s 100 meter T37 event.