World Para Athletics C’ships 2024: India finish campaign with 17 medals, including six gold
India finished sixth in the overall medal tally at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships.
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The Indian contingent finished their 2024 World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan with 17 medals against their name to be placed sixth in the overall medal tally on Saturday.
The country won a total of six gold medals, five silver medals, and six bronze medals to register their best-ever performance at the World Championships. The previous record for India stood at 10 medals, which included three gold, at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris.
China finished as the most successful country in the competition with a total of 87 medals, including 33 gold. Brazil, Uzbekistan, Great Britain, and the United States, meanwhile, finished second, third, fourth, and fifth respectively ahead of India.
India’s gold medal rush at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships started with Deepthi Jeevanji bagging the women’s 400m T20 gold medal with a world record timing of 55.20s.
Sachin Khilari followed it up with an Asian Record of 16.30m in men’s shot put F46 for a gold medal, while the two-time Paralyampics medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu set a championship record to win his first World Championships gold, leaping a distance of 1.88m in men’s high jump T42.
The other three gold medallists for India were the reigning Paralympics and World champion Sumit Antil in men’s...
