Indian athletes are in action on the seventh day of Paris Paralympics 2024 i.e. on 4 September (Wednesday). Now Indian para-athlete Sachin Sarjerao Khilari has made a splash. Sachin won the silver medal in Men’s Shot Put (F46). This was India’s 21st medal in the current Paralympics. India has so far won 3 gold, 7 silver and 11 bronze medals.
Canadian player won gold
During the final match, Sachin Sarjerao Khilari threw 16.32 meters in his second attempt. Canada’s Greg Stewart won the gold medal in this event. Stewart’s best throw was 16.38 meters. Croatia’s Bakovic Luka (16.27 meters) won the bronze medal. India’s Mohammad Yasar finished eighth and Rohit Kumar ninth.
Performance of Sachin Khilari in the final
First throw- 14.72 meters
Second throw- 16.32 meters
Third throw- 16.15 meters
Fourth throw- 16.31 meters
Fifth throw- 16.03 meters
Sixth throw- 15.95 meters
34-year-old Sachin Khilari hails from Sangli district of Maharashtra. At the age of nine, he was injured in a bicycle accident, which resulted in a fracture in his left hand. Despite this, he pursued his passion for sports along with studying engineering. Initially he started throwing javelin, but after a shoulder injury he chose shot put. This change proved to be a turning point in his career.
India has performed its best ever in the Paralympic Games. In Tokyo Paralympics 2020, India won 5 gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze medals. With a total of 19 medals, this was India’s best performance in the Paralympic Games so far. Para athlete Muralikant Petkar won India’s first medal in the Paralympic Games in the year 1972. Muralikant Petkar is the same player on whose life the film ‘Chandu Champion’ was also released recently.
India’s medallists at Paris Paralympics 2024
1. Avani Lekhara (Shooting)- Gold Medal, Women’s 10m Air Rifle (SH1)
2. Mona Agarwal (Shooting)- Bronze Medal, Women’s 10m Air Rifle (SH1)
3. Preeti Pal (Athletics)- Bronze Medal, Women’s 100m Race (T35)
4. Manish Narwal (Shooting)- Silver Medal, Men’s 10m Air Pistol (SH1)
5. Rubina Francis (Shooting)- Bronze Medal, Women’s 10m Air Pistol (SH1)
6. Preeti Pal (Athletics)- Bronze Medal, Women’s 200m Race (T35)
7. Nishad Kumar (Athletics)- Silver Medal, Men’s High Jump (T47)
8. Yogesh Kathuniya (Athletics)- Silver Medal, Men’s Discus Throw (F56)
9. Nitesh Kumar (Badminton)- Gold Medal, Men’s Singles (SL3)
10. Manisha Ramdas (Badminton)- Bronze Medal, Women’s Singles (SU5)
11. Thulasimathi Murugesan (Badminton)- Silver Medal, Women’s Singles (SU5)
12. Suhas L Yathiraj (Badminton)- Silver Medal, Men’s Singles (SL4)
13. Sheetal Devi-Rakesh Kumar (Archery)- Bronze Medal, Mixed Compound Open
14. Sumit Antil (Athletics) – Gold Medal, Men’s Javelin Throw (F 64 Category)
15. Nitya Sri Sivan (Badminton)- Bronze Medal, Women’s Singles (SH6)
16. Deepti Jeevanjee (Athletics)- Bronze Medal, Women’s 400m (T20)
17. Mariyappan Thangavelu (Athletics)- Bronze Medal, Men’s High Jump (T63)
18. Sharad Kumar (Athletics) – Silver Medal, Men’s High Jump (T63)
19. Ajit Singh (Athletics) – Silver Medal, Men’s Javelin Throw (F46)
20. Sundar Singh Gurjar (Athletics) – Bronze Medal, Men’s Javelin Throw (F46)
21. Sachin Sarjerao Khilari (Athletics) – Silver Medal, Men’s Shot Put (F46)
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