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Tokyo Paralympics: Medal glory continues for India in athletics

First Published: 30th August, 2021 15:52 IST

It has been a glorious Monday for India with the country winning not one but four medals in a day at the crack of dawn. While India’s Avani Lakhera became

It has been a glorious Monday for India with the country winning not one but four medals in a day at the crack of dawn. While India’s Avani Lakhera became the first Indian woman in history to win a Paralympic Gold medal for the country, India’s domination in athletics also continued in the Javelin and Discus Throw events.

Taking a leaf out of Sunday’s brilliant performance, India’s legendary javelin thrower Devendra went on to win his third Paralympic Medal in Tokyo and won the prestigious silver medal in the F46 category with a personal best throw of 64.35m. India also went on to win the Bronze medal at the same event, with Rajasthan’s Sundar Singh Gurjar throwing his season-best throw of 64.01m to take the 3rd spot.

Before leaving for Tokyo earlier this month, Sundar had said that he was in good form and was heading to Tokyo Paralympics with the aim to win the medal that he had missed back in Rio Olympics.

Both Devendra and Sundar have been part of Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) and have been funded by the government for International Competitions, National Coaching camps with Sports Science support and in Sundar’s case financial assistance for procurement of prosthesis, equipment and grant of coach fees.

While the two javelin throwers were making waves on one side of the Tokyo Stadium, debutant Yogesh Kathuniya was ensuing that India won their third athletics medal of the day on the other side of the stadium. Yogesh secured the silver medal for India with a season best throw of 44.38m in the Men’s Discus Throw F56 category and was dominating throughout the event.

The youngster from Haryana who took up discus throw back in 2017 had won the bronze medal in World Para Athletics Championship, 2019, and is the first Indian male to win a Paralympic medal in Discus Throw since Joginder Singh Bedi won the bronze medal in 1984 Paralympics.

Just like Devender and Sundar, Yogesh too has been part of SAI’s TOPS initiative which has funded four International Competitions for Yogesh and provided National Coaching Camps with sports science support. All three athletes were considered strong medal candidates going into Tokyo Paralympics and lived up to their expectations. (ANI)

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