Ajeet Singh and Sundar Singh Gurjar brought a double-medal joy for India in the men's javelin throw F46 event. Ajeet Singh bagged a silver medal with a personal throw of 65.62m, while Sundar Singh took a bronze, registering a throw of 64.96m.
Three Indian athletes were in contention in the final of the event and two of them ensured a double-podium finish for India. While these two bagged medals, high jumpers Sharad Kumar and Mariyappan Thangavelu also clinched silver and bronze, respectively as India bagged four medals within a few minutes in Paris. A little earlier Deepthi Jeevanji clinched a bronze in the women's 400m - T20, making it five medals for India on Tuesday.
India cross best-ever medal haul at Paralympics
With these five medals on Tuesday, India crossed its best-ever medal haul at the single edition of the Summer Paralympic Games. India's previous best medal tally was 19, which came last time in the Tokyo Paralympics. With a few days still left in the competition, India have breached the 20-medal mark for the first time in history.
Coming back to the Javelin final, three Indians gave it their all for the medals. It was a pretty good result for India in the end with two medals. While they took silver and bronze, Guillermo Varona Gonzalez bagged gold with a 66.14m throw.
Sundar Singh, the Tokyo Games bronze medallist, touched 62.92m in his first attempt and then 61.75m in his second. But he probably saved his best for later, registering a throw of 64.96m in his fourth attempt.
Sundar was set for a silver but his compatriot Ajeet dented his hopes as he sent his spear to a personal best 65.62m in his fifth attempt to snatch the second prize from Sundar. He hit 59.80m in his first attempt and then crossed 60 in all the next four legal attempts. Ajeet sent his Javelin to 65.62 to take the silver and give India another double medal joy.
