Tokyo Paralympics: Devendra Jhajharia and Sundar Singh win silver and bronze every in Javelin throw
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Indian para-athletes Devendra Jhajharia and Sundar Singh on Monday received silver medal and bronze medal respectively in javelin throw class F45 at Tokyo Paralympics.
India’s Devendra Jhajharia wins silver, Sundar Singh wins bronze in javelin throw class F45 at Tokyo Paralympics pic.twitter.com/K5yrjuw8VG— ANI (@ANI) August 30, 2021
It is raining medals for India with greater than 5 Indian para-athletes holding the profitable streak going.
After Neeraj Chopra who received a gold for India in just lately concluded Tokyo Olympics, all eyes have been on the 40-year-old athlete Devendra Jhajharia who’s the one Indian to have received two particular person gold medals on the Paralympics. Jhajharia had received within the F46 class of javelin throw on the 2004 Athens and 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, making world document throws each instances.
PM Modi took to Twitter to congratulate the athletes.
Para-athlete Avani Lekhara additionally received the gold medal in ladies’s 10 metres AR Standing SH1 at this time. To add to the celebrations, Indian para-athlete Yogesh Kathuniya received a silver medal in discus throw F56.
Indian para athletes Bhavina Patel (silver), Nishad Kumar (silver) and Vinod Kumar (bronze) have additionally made India proud by profitable medals in para desk tennis, excessive bounce and discus throw respectively.
