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New Delhi, September 10 (HS). After creating history in Paris Paralympics, the Indian team has returned to New Delhi today. They were given a warm welcome with drums and garlands at IGI Airport. The Indian team won 29 medals including 7 gold, 9 silver and 13 bronze medals in Paralympics.
Following the conclusion of the historic campaign, India surpassed its previous record medal haul of 19 medals, achieved at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. India finished the important competition in 18th place.
Para-shooter Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman to win two Paralympic gold medals as she managed to defend her women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 shooting title with a world record score of 249.7 points.
India recorded a second-place finish in a para-athletics event for the first time, with Dharambir and Parnav Surma winning gold and silver respectively in the men's club throw F51 event. This was one of India's first medals in the sport. Dharambir also set an Asian record of 34.92m.
In the T64 high jump event, Praveen Kumar topped the podium with an Asian record-breaking leap of 2.08m, giving India its sixth gold medal. India finished the competition with seven gold medals.
India also got its first archery champion at the Olympics and Paralympics, with Harvinder Singh winning gold in individual recurve para-archery against Lukasz Ciszek of Poland.
Indian javelin thrower Sumit Antil became the first Indian man to defend his Paralympic title, winning back-to-back gold medals in the F64 event with an astonishing Paralympic record-breaking throw of 70.59m. He broke his own previous record set during Tokyo 2020 not once, but thrice.