Paris Paralympics 2024 Medal Tally: India 9th with a gold, a silver and 2 bronzes, China lead tally with 11

Paris 2024 Paralympic Medal Table: India opened their account in the Paris Paralympics on Friday with shooters Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal winning gold and bronze respectively in the 10m rifle event. Meanwhile, Preeti Pal finished 3rd in Women’s 100m – T35 Final, with a Personal Best of 14.21s which helped her bag a bronze. Shooter Manish Narwal also bagged a silver medal in the Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 Final on the same day taking India’s medal tally to 4.

India has sent the largest number of participants in the Paralympics this year with 84 athletes competing in 12 sports who will be looking to overtake its medal tally from Tokyo. In the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021, India was represented by 54 members in nine sports and won 19 medals.

“Our 84-member team has come here with great enthusiasm. As the president of the Paralympic Committee, I want to tell you that we are going to create history in this tournament,” Double paralympic medalist Devendra Jhajharia, who is now president of the Paralympic Committee of India, had said in a video message after the contingent reached the Games village.

As of writing, India are 9th in the table with 4 medals while China leads the tally with 11, followed by Great Britain with 6. Italy is 3rd with 9 as well and Brazil is 4th with 6. Colombia and Netherlands are both tied in 5th place and Uzbekistan, France, Australia and Japan are 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th respectively.

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