Deepthi Jeevanji, the 21-year-old Indian para-athlete from Telangana, holds the record for the fastest athlete in women’s 400 meters T20 run at the World Para Athletics Championships and Asian Para Games and is the only Indian to win Gold at World Championships track events.
Until this edition, London 2017 had been India's best ever show where the para athletes finished with five medals (one gold) in the joint 34th place.
Sundar Singh Gurjar defended his World title to take India's overall medal tally to four, and also secured a place in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games.
New Delhi, July 22: Paralympian Devendra Jhajharia scripted history for India as he gave the country its maiden gold medal in the World Paralympic Championships in the javelin throw (F-47 category) in Lyon, France.According to
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