Tokyo Paralympics silver medallist Yogesh Kathuniya of Haryana bagged a gold medal in the discus throw for the F56 category in the Khelo India Para Games in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Sports News)
The 26-year-old, who developed a rar൲e neurological condition called Guillain-Barre syndrome when he was only nine years old, clinched♒ yellow metal with an effort of 40.09m.
Birbhadra Singh of UP finished second (36.24m), while Tamil Nadu’s Prakash V🎶 clinched the bron🅠ze (33.91m).
Paramjeet Kumar, who won India's first-ever World Ch✨ampionships medal in power-lifting, lived up to the billing in the elite 49⛄kg category, winning the gold with a massive 150kg.
Gujarat duo of Dilip Shukla (121kg) and Mayabhai ♌Bhammar (105kg) took the silver and bronze respectively.
Jaspreet Ka🌳ur won the para-lifting gold med🌠al in the women's 45kg with an effort of 85kg.
Sapna Shah from Gujarat (47kg) and Sonam Patil of Maharashtra (40kg) cam🍌e second and third re🔯spectively.
In wome♉n's 41kg, Manpreet Kaur managed a massive 85kg in her third effort en route to a gold.
Shukla Bidkar of Maharashtra came second for a silver finish (50kg) while Nayna Rabari of Gujarat was third (4💫7kg).
Haryana rule the track & field
In the ꧃men's 400m T11 cate꧅gory, Madan from Haryana clocked 1:00.13 for the title.
Coming in second was Temara Santosh of Haryana (1:05.15), and Karnataka🥀’s Ravi Kumar Bhankalagi was content with a bronze (1:07.99).
The wome🐼n’s shot put final was engrossing as Po💧onam Sharma of Haryana won gold in 6.99 metres in the F56 and 57 category.
Mir S🧸adika of Gujarat won s♔ilver (6.89 metres), while Minakshi H Jadhav (5.16m) bagged bronze.
M Bhavani of Andaman and Nico🦄bar came up with a 3.02 metre effort in the women’s long jump in the T63 and 64 c💜ategory.
Thakor Nisha from Gujarat was hapᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒈔ᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚpy to win silver, her effort being 2.86 metres.
In javelin throw's💜 F53 and 54 category, Dipesh Kumar from Uttar Pradesh sealed gold as he showed a bestꦍ of 26.05 metres.
It was a fight between him and his statemate Pradeep Kumar, who won silverꩲ, just behind in 25.30 metres.
Sumit from Haryana won broౠnze, way back in 16.75 metres.
Assam's Anismita Konwar leapt to 3.65 metres for the go𒁃ld medal in the T20, 37 and 38 cateꦓgories.
Bina Mordiya from Gujarat was fired up and her 3.08 metres effort was good for silver. Pooja from Haryana🐼 came third.
Nehal Gupta of UP clinche♏d gold in men’s singles badm🌠inton.
