New Delhi,sep 16
The Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh interacted with the country’s history-making Paris Paralympics para-athletes on Monday.
Top Paralympic athletes like javelin throwers Navdeep and Sumit Antil, Pranav Soorma, and Sakshi Kasana were among the ones present at his residence.
India established several records and unlocked some new “firsts” at the Paralympic Games.
A look at India’s medalists at the Paris 2024 Paralympics:
-Avani Lekhara (Shooting, Women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1, Gold)
-Mona Agarwal (Shooting, Women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1, Bronze)
-Preethi Pal (Athletics, Women’s 100m T35, Bronze)
-Manish Narwal (Shooting, Men’s 10m air pistol SH1, Silver)
-Rubina Francis (Shooting, Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1, Bronze)
-Preethi Pal (Shooting, Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1, Bronze)
-Nishad Kumar (Athletics, Men’s high jump T47, Silver)
-Yogesh Kathuniya (Athletics, Men’s discus throw F56, Silver)
-Nitesh Kumar (Badminton, Men’s singles SL3, Gold)
-Thulasimathi Murugesan (Badminton, Women’s singles SU5, Silver)
-Manisha Ramadass (Badminton, Women’s singles SU5, Bronze)
-Suhas Yathiraj (Badminton, Men’s singles SL4, Silver)
-Rakesh Kumar / Sheetal Devi (Archery, Mixed team compound open, Bronze)
-Sumit Antil (Athletics, Javelin throw F64, Gold)
-Nithya Sre Sivan (Badminton, Women’s singles SH6, Bronze)
-Deepthi Jeevanji (Athletics, Women’s 400m T20, Bronze)
-Mariyappan Thangavelu (Athletics, Men’s high jump T63, Bronze)
-Sharad Kumar (Athletics, Men’s high jump T63, Silver)
-Ajeet Singh (Athletics, Men’s javelin throw, F46, Silver)
-Sundar Singh Gurjar (Athletics, Men’s javelin throw F46, Bronze)
-Sachin Khilari (Athletics, Men’s shot put F46, Silver)
-Harvinder Singh (Archery, Men’s individual recurve open, Gold)
-Dharambir (Athletics, Men’s club throw F51, Gold)
-Parnav Soorma (Athletics, Men’s club throw F51, Silver)
-Kapil Parmar (Judo, Men’s -60kg J1, Bronze)
-Praveen Kumar (Athletics, Men’s high jump T64, Gold)
-Hokato Hotozhe Sema (Athletics, Men’s shot put F57, Bronze)
-Simran (Athletics, Women’s 200m T12, Bronze)
-Navdeep Singh (Athletics, Men’s javelin throw F41, Gold).
