Asian Para Games 2018: With 72 medals, India finishes with its best ever tally
Other Sports | October 13, 2018 15:07 ISTWith 15 gold, 24 silver and 33 bronze medals, India was placed ninth in the overall tally.
With 15 gold, 24 silver and 33 bronze medals, India was placed ninth in the overall tally.
India now have 63 medals in the Games, which conclude on Saturday. Thirteen of these are gold, 20 silver and 30 bronze.
Gurjar trained for 22 days in Finland before the Games, an exercise that was backed by the Sports Authority of India (SAI).
Monu Ghangas claimed the silver in the men's discus throw F11 category, while Mohammed Yasser fetched a bronze in the men's shot put F46 category.
Ekta Bhyan and Narayan Thakur clinched a gold each in women's F32/51 club throw event and men's T35 100m dash respectively before para-shooter Manish Narwal bagged the yellow metal in the men's SH1 10m air pistol event.
The 37-year-old javelin thrower won gold at the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games before repeating the feat with a world record effort in the 2016 Rio edition.
Bhyan had come into the competition on the back of a gold in the Indian Open Para Athletics Championship earlier this year.
Middle distance runner Raju Rakshitha (women's T11 1500m) and swimmer Jadhav Suyash Narayan (men's S7 50m butterfly) added the yellow metals later on the second day of competitions.
Sandeep claimed the top honours with a best throw of 60.01m, which he managed in his third attempt.
The Asian Para Games are slated to be held from October 6 to 13 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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