India at Paralympics 2024, Day 9 as it happened: Praveen Kumar, Hokato Hotozhe Sema add to tally
Recap of all the main events from Day 9 of the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
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That’s it for Scroll’s coverage of Day 9 of the Paris Paralympic Games.
Friday marked yet another successful day for India with two medals. Earlier today, long jumper Praveen Kumar secured India's sixth gold medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympics in the men's T64 event. He set a new Asian record marking his best attempt of the competition and clinching the gold.
Hokato Hotozhe Sema won bronze in the men's shot put F57 final to take India's overall medal tally to 267. After falling short in the 100m event, Simran has another shot at the medal on Saturday as she is through to the final of the women’s 200m T12 event.
As we approach the end of the Paralympic Games, India will hope to add a few more medals on Sunday.
Join us once again tomorrow for all the live action. See you then!
Athletics, men's shot put final F57: Hokato Hotozhe Sema wins bronze! His best throw of 14.65 meters that he achieved in his fourth attempt was enough to climb up to the third spot and even though there were plenty of athletes left to go, Sema was able to retain his spot. The Asian Para Games bronze medalist is now a Paralympics bronze medallist. 
Athletics, men's shot put...
