INDIA'S MEDAL TALLY AT PARALYMPICS: NAVDEEP SINGH WINS GOLD, COUNTRY CLOSE TO 30 MEDALS
India's medal tally increased to 29 on Saturday (September 7) as the country added two medals to its tally. Simran Sharma won a bronze medal in the 200m T12 event. Just few moments later, Navdeep Singh created history by winning the silver medal. His medal was upgraded to gold.
India have won seven gold, nine silver and 13 bronze medals so far. There are more events on the final day of the competition and India will hope to touch the 30-medal mark. This is India's highest-ever tally in Paralympics history.
Avani Lekhara, Navdeep Singh, Sumit Antil, Nitesh Kumar, Dharambir Nain, Harvinder Singh and Praveen Kumar are seven athletes who won a gold medal at the global event. Navdeep had initially won the silver medal. His medal was upgraded to gold. As the Paralympics enter the final day, here we have a look at the athletes who have achieved the title glory at Paralympics 2024 -
| Name, sport | Medal |
| Avani Lekhara, Shooting | Gold |
| Sumit Antil, Javelin throw | Gold |
| Nitesh Kumar, Badminton | Gold |
| Praveen Kumar, Athletics | Gold |
| Harvinder Singh, Archery | Gold |
| Dharambir Nain, Club throw | Gold |
| Navdeep Singh, Javelin Throw | Gold |
| Manish Narwal, Shooting | Silver |
| Yogesh Kathuniya, Men's discuss throw | Silver |
| Thulasimathi Murugesan, Badminton | Silver |
| Suhas Yathiraj, Badminton | Silver |
| Nishad Kumar, Men's high jump | Silver |
| Pranav Soorma, Club throw | Silver |
| Ajeet Singh Yadav, Javelin throw | Silver |
| Sharad Kumar, High jump | Silver |
| Sachin Khilari, Men's Shot Put | Silver |
| Simran Sharma, Women's 200m | Bronze |
| Kapil Parmar, Judo | Bronze |
| Hokato Hotozhe Sema, Men's shot put | Bronze |
| Sundar Singh Gurjar, Javelin throw | Bronze |
| Mariyappan Thangavelu, High jump | Bronze |
| Deepthi Jeevanji, Women's 400m | Bronze |
| Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar, Mixed team compound | Bronze |
| Mona Agarwal, Shooting | Bronze |
| Rubina Francis, Shooting | Bronze |
| Preethi Pal, Women's 200m | Bronze |
| Preethi Pal, Women's 100m | Bronze |
| Manisha Ramdass, Badminton | Bronze |
| Nithya Sivan, Badminton | Bronze |