Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met team India athletes after their record-breaking success at the Paris Paralympics 2024 on Thursday. The Indian PM also interacted with members of the Indian contingent and personally congratulated them for making India proud.
The Indian contingent returned back home with 29 medals at the Paris Paralympics, 10 more than its previous best at the 2020 Tokyo Para Games. India also achieved a historic 18th place in the medal table with seven golds in Paris.
Modi also signed some athletes' medals while the gold medalist Avani Lekhara represented the PM with the team India jersey saying, 'Thank You Sir For All Your Support'.
Meanwhile, Indian shooter Mona Agarwal revealed her excitement after meeting PM Modi on Thursday. She won a bronze medal in the women's R2 10 m air rifle standing SH1 event in Paris to achieve India's first-ever double podium finish in a women's event in Paralympics history. She added that she always wanted to meet PM Modi and revealed that they discussed a lot of issues.
"We had discussions on a lot of issues," Mona Agarwal told ANI. "He spoke to us personally. I always wanted to meet PM Modi personally and now I got this opportunity. He asked about my children and my family. It is a really good feeling that the Prime Minister of the country is very well aware of our families."
Modi also displayed a kind and warm gesture by sitting on the ground while meeting gold medalist javelin thrower Navdeep Singh.
Team India medal winners at Paris Paralympics 2024
| S. No. | Athlete | Medal | Sport | Category |
| 1. | Avani Lekhara | Gold | Shooting | Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 |
| 2. | Mona Agarwal | Bronze | Shooting | Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 |
| 3. | Preethi Pal | Bronze | Athletics | Women's 100m T35 |
| 4. | Manish Narwal | Silver | Shooting | Men's 10m air pistol SH1 |
| 5. | Rubina Francis | Bronze | Shooting | Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 |
| 6. | Preethi Pal | Bronze | Athletics | Women's 200m T35 |
| 7. | Nishad Kumar | Silver | Athletics | Men's high jump T47 |
| 8. | Yogesh Kathuniya | Silver | Athletics | Men's discus throw F56 |
| 9. | Nitesh Kumar | Gold | Badminton | Men's singles SL3 |
| 10. | Manisha Ramadass | Bronze | Badminton | Women’s singles SU5 |
| 11. | Thulasimathi Murugesan | Silver | Badminton | Women’s singles SU5 |
| 12. | Suhas Yathiraj | Silver | Badminton | Men’s singles SL4 |
| 13. | Rakesh Kumar / Sheetal Devi | Bronze | Archery | Mixed Team Compound Open |
| 14. | Sumit Antil | Gold | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F64 |
| 15. | Nithya Sre Sivan | Bronze | Badminton | Women's singles SH6 |
| 16. | Deepthi Jeevanji | Bronze | Athletics | Women's 400m T20 |
| 17. | Sharad Kumar | Silver | Athletics | Men's high jump T63 |
| 18. | Mariyappan Thangavelu | Bronze | Athletics | Men's high jump T63 |
| 19. | Ajeet Singh | Silver | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F46 |
| 20. | Sundar Singh Gurjar | Bronze | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F46 |
| 21. | Sachin Khilari | Silver | Athletics | Men’s shot put F46 |
| 22. | Harvinder Singh | Gold | Archery | Men's individual recurve open |
| 23. | Dharambir | Gold | Athletics | Men's club throw 51 |
| 24. | Pranav Soorma | Silver | Athletics | Men's club throw 51 |
| 25. | Kapil Parmar | Bronze | Judo | Men's -60kg J1 |
| 26. | Simran | Bronze | Athletics | Women's 200m T12 |
| 27. | Navdeep | Gold | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F41 |
| 28. | Hokato Hotozhe Sema | Bronze | Athletics | Men's shot put |
| 29. | Praveen Kumar | Gold | Athletics | Men's high jump |
