Asian Para Games 2023: List of Podium Sweeps by Indian Athletes
India finished the Asian Para Games 2023 with a record 111 medals. Of all the events Indian athletes competed in, they managed to make a podium sweep in four events, three in Athletics and one in chess.
Indian para-athletes Sundar Singh Gurjar, Rinku and Ajeet Singh posed for photographs after clean-sweeping the Javelin Throw F46 event at the Asian Para Games.
Asian Para Games 2023 has come to an end on Saturday, with the Indian contingent registering a historic fifth-place finish. India won a record 111 medals, including 29 gold, 31 silver and 51 bronze, the country's highest-ever tally at the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China.
Para-athletics proved to be the most successful sport for India one more time as Indian athletes managed to win 55 medals in these events. Of these medals, nine came from the three events - Men's Club Throw F51, Men's Discus throw F54/55/56 and Men's Javelin Throw F46, where India clean swept the podium.
India also managed a historic podium sweep in Chess, where Indian players won all three medals in the Men's Individual Rapid V1-B1 event.
Here is a lowdown on India's clean sweeps at the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou:
Athletics
Men's Club Throw F51
India's first clean sweep came in athletics when Pranav Soorma (Gold), Dharambir (Silver) and Amit Kumar (Bronze) swept the podium in the Men's Club Throw F51 event. Pranav Soorma took the gold medal with a Games record of 30.01m followed by Dharambir (28.76) and Amit (26.93).
Men's Discus throw F54/55/56
The second clean sweep for India came in the Men's discus throw event where Neeraj Yadav (Gold), Yogesh Kathuniya (Silver) and Muthuraja (Bronze) swept the podium. Neeraj Yadav took the Gold medal with a new Asian Record of 38.56m in the F55 category followed by F56 player Yogesh Kathuniya (42.13m) and Muthuraja (35.06m).
Men's Javelin Throw F46
Sundar Singh Gurjar (Gold), Rinku (Silver) and Ajeet Singh (Bronze) completed India's third clean sweep in Men's Javelin Throw F46. Sundar won the gold medal, creating a new World Record of 68.60m. He was closely followed by Rinku (67.08m) and Ajeet Singh (63.52m).
Chess
Men's Individual Rapid V1-B1 event
On the final day of the Asian Para Games, India registered another clean sweep; this time in a Chess event. Inani Satish Darpan clinched the gold medal with six points followed by Soundarya Kumar Pradhan (5.5 points) and Ashwinbhai Kanchanbhai Makwana (5 points).
List of Double Podium finishes by India:
Athletics:-Men's High jump T63-(🥇,🥈)-Shailesh Kumar-Mariyappan
Badminton:-Men's Singles SL3-(🥇,🥈)-Pramod Bhagat-Nitesh Kumar
Athletics:-Men's High jump T47-(🥇,🥈)-Nishad Kumar-Ram Pal
Athletics:-Women's 1500m T11-(🥇,🥈)-Rakshita Raju-Lalitha
Badminton:-Men's Singles SL4-(🥇,🥉)-Suhas Yathiraj-Sukant Kadam
Athletics:-Men's High jump T64-(🥇,🥉)-Parveen Kumar-Unni Renu
Athletics:-Men's Javelin throw F64-(🥇,🥉)-Sumit-Pushpendra
Athletics:-Men's Javelin throw F55-(🥇,🥉)-Neeraj Yadav-Tek Chand
Athletics:-Men's Shot Put F46-(🥇,🥉)-Sachin Khilari-Rohit Kumar
Badminton:-Women's Singles SU5-(🥇,🥉)-Thulasimathi-Manisha
Badminton:-Men's Doubles SL3-SL4-(🥇,🥉)-Nitesh/Tarun-Pramod/Sukant
Shooting:-Men's 10m Air Pistol SH1-(🥈,🥉)-Rudransh Khandelwal-Manish Narwal
Athletics:-Men's 1500m T46-Parmod-(🥈,🥉)-Rakesh Bhaira
Para-Powerlifting:-Women's 61 KG-(🥈,🥉)-Zainab Khatoon-Raj Kumari
Athletics:-Men's Shot Put F57-(🥈,🥉)-Soman Rana-Hokato
Athletics:-Men's Javelin F54-(🥈,🥉)-Pradeep-Laxit
Badminton:-Women's Doubles SL3-SU5-(🥈,🥉)-Manasi/Thulasimathi-Mandeep/Manisha
Badminton:-Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5-(🥉,🥉)-Nitesh/Thulasimathi-Pramod/Manisha
Badminton:-Women's Singles SL3-(🥉,🥉)-Manasi Joshi-Mandeep Kaur
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