Well done Paralympians..!! India stood proud in Paris..!!

Sowmiya Sriram
Well done Paralympians..!! india stood proud in Paris..!!
Those that are held regularly are called Summer Olympics. After that, those that are held for disabled people are called Paralympics. It is intended to show that disabled people are not less than anyone. This time india is aiming to win 25 medals in the paris Paralympics. However, it performed more than that. It won 29 medals together. That is the end of the javelin throw itself. navdeep Singh, who is only four feet four inches tall, won gold in javelin throw. simran won bronze in the 200 meters. india got 1 silver and 5 bronze in the Summer Olympics. Our country stands 71st in the medals table. It is noteworthy that it is behind Pakistan.
In the Paralympics, india won 7 gold, 9 silver and 13 bronze. That means a total of 29 medals. This is India's best performance in the history of the Paralympics. It had won four golds in track and field. 17 medals were won in this. However, now navdeep Singh unexpectedly won gold in the men's F41 javelin throw at the Paralympics. He was lucky to compete in the dwarf category. In the final, Navdeep, who threw the javelin with the best distance of 47.32 meters in his third attempt, came second. Iranian athlete Sadegh Saya (47.64 m) stood at the top. After the win, he was disqualified for displaying a controversial flag and misbehaving.
As players are prohibited from making political comments and gestures during the Olympic Games, immediate action was taken against Sadegh. With this, Navdeep, who was in the second position, got the gold. Meanwhile, china won the highest number of medals (220) just like in Tokyo. It has 94 gold. britain finished second with 124 medals, including 49 gold medals. The USA (105 including 36 golds) finished third. india (29), who had the best performance in the history of the Paralympics, ended the competition in 18th position. india won 19 medals in Tokyo.
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