Paris Paralympics- India won 29 medals for the first time: 7 of them gold; Hokato Sema, who lost his leg in a terrorist encounter, won bronze

India won 7 gold medals in the Paris Paralympic Games.

India performed historically in Paris Paralympics-2024 and ended the journey by winning 29 medals including 7 gold. On the 10th day, Saturday, 7 September, the country got 3 medals. The closing ceremony of the games will be held tonight at 11:30 pm.

India finished 18th in the medal tally. The country won 7 gold, 9 silver and 13 bronze medals. This is India’s all-time best performance, before this in Tokyo the country had won 19 medals including 5 gold.

On the last day, India’s javelin thrower Navdeep won the silver medal in the men’s F41 category, although Navdeep was given the gold after Iranian athlete Beit Sayah Sadegh was disqualified. Apart from Navdeep, Simran won a bronze medal in the 200 meter race of the women’s T-12 category and Nagaland’s Hokato Sema won a bronze medal in the men’s shot put. He lost his left leg in a terrorist encounter 22 years ago.

Maximum 17 medals in athletics India had won 19 medals in Tokyo, this time 17 medals came in athletics alone. Athletes won 4 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze medals. While badminton was the second best sport, it won 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals.

India won a gold medal in para archery for the first time, Harvinder Singh achieved this feat. The pair of Rakesh Kumar and Sheetal Devi also won a bronze medal in archery. 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals were won in shooting. Apart from these, a bronze medal was won for the first time in judo.

Medalists of the last day… 1. Navdeep got gold after the Iranian athlete was disqualified India’s Navdeep won the silver medal in the final of the men’s F41 category, but after the Iranian athlete was disqualified, he got the gold medal. Navdeep threw a best throw of 47.32 meters in his third attempt. This was a Paralympic record, but then Iran’s Sadegh Sayah threw a best throw of 47.64 meters in his 5th attempt.

Navdeep won the gold medal in the Men’s F41 category.

Navdeep got the gold medal after the Iranian athlete was disqualified. The Iranian athlete was disqualified for showing a flag associated with a terrorist organization. China’s Pengjiang Sun, who won bronze, had his medal converted to silver. The F41 category includes those athletes who have short height.

Iran’s Sadegh Sayah was denied the gold medal for displaying a flag associated with a terrorist organization.

2. Simran brings glory to India in 200m In the women’s T-12 category, Simran of India finally won the bronze medal in the 200 meter race. Simran had missed out on winning a medal in the 100 meter race. In the final of 4 players, she completed the race with a time of 24.75 meters. The Cuban athlete won the gold medal and the Venezuelan athlete won the silver medal. The T12 category includes those athletes who have problems in seeing. Therefore, a guide also runs with them in track events.

Simran won the bronze medal in the 200m race in the women’s T-12 category.

The three athletes who won medals in the Women’s T-12 category.

3. When the dream of joining the Special Forces was shattered, the suppression of Hokuto Sema games stopped 40-year-old Hokato Sema finished third with a score of 14.65m. Iran’s Khosravi (15.96m) won gold while Brazil’s Thiago Paulino dos Santos (15.06m) won silver in the event.

22 years ago in 2002, Hokato Sema was a Havildar in the Assam Regiment. He lost his left leg below the knee in a landmine explosion during a terrorist encounter in Jammu and Kashmir. Due to this, his dream of joining the Special Forces remained unfulfilled. Disappointed Sema took up sports. He trained at the Army’s Paralympic Node in Pune and prepared himself as an international player.

Sema’s first medal at the international level came in 2022 at the Morocco Grand Prix. He won the silver medal. Then Sema won bronze at the Hangzhou Asian Games. He finished fourth in the World Championship.

Hokato Sema of Nagaland with the bronze medal. He won bronze with a score of 14.59 meters.

6 players could not win medals Jyoti Gaderia could not complete the race in the women’s C1-3 category road cycling event. She finished 15th. Arshad Sheikh also could not complete the race in the men’s road cycling event, he finished 28th. India’s Suyash Jadhav finished 5th in the men’s 50m butterfly S7 category.

In the women’s V2 category 200 meter women’s para canoeing final, India’s Prachi Yadav finished 8th. She completed the race in 1.08.55 minutes. Yash Kumar finished 5th in the men’s KL1 category 200 meter canoe sprint semi-final. He could not make it to the final. Dilip Mahadu missed out on winning a medal in the men’s 400 meters.

Yash Kumar finished 5th in the 200m canoe sprint semi-final of the Men’s KL1 category

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