Paralympic medallists star as India wins 34 medals at Wheelchair and Amputee World Games
Paralympics medallists Yogesh Khatuniya, Nishad Kumar, Praveen Kumar starred as India won a whopping 34 medals at the 2022 IWAS World Games.
By : The Bridge Desk
Update: 2022-11-30 09:02 GMT
Paralympics medallists Yogesh Khatuniya, Nishad Kumar, Praveen Kumar starred as India won a whopping 34 medals at the 2022 International Wheelchair and Amuptee Sports (IWAS) World Games in Vila Real de Santo Antonio in Portugal.
India earned a total of 13 gold, 12 silver and 9 bronze medals in the event with the Paralympian Yogesh Khatuniya, the experienced Neeraj Yadav, and the young Jayanti Behra all chipping in with two gold medals apiece.
Behra also bagged a silver and so did the Tokyo Paralympics silver medallist Nishad Kumar.
Take a look at all the medallists here:
Gold
Neeraj Yadav - Javelin F55
Neeraj Yadav - Discus F55
Navdeep - Javelin F41
Praveen Kumar - High Jump T44
Praveen Kumar - 100m T44
Shreyansh Trivedi - 100m T37
Gopal Singh - Javelin F54
Jayanti Behera - 200m T47
Jayanti Behera - 400m T47
Yogesh Kathuniya - Discus F56
Yogesh Kathuniya - Shotput F56
Ajeet Singh - Javelin F46
Shweta Sharma - Shotput F55
Silver
Nishad Kumar - High Jump T47
Arvind- Shotput F35
Jayanti Behera - 100m T47
Vinay Kumar Lal - 100m T44
Ravi Rongali - Shotput F40
Shreyansh Trivedi - 200m T37
Vinay Kumar Lal - 200m T44
Ravi Rongali - Javelin F40
Bhagyashri Madha Jadhav - Shotput F34
TOPS Athlete Praveen Kumar - Long Jump T44
Rahul Sharma - 400m T35
Vinay Kumar Lal - 400m T44
Bronze
Keerthi Chauhan - 100m T47
Shweta Sharma - Javelin F55
Boby - Javelin F37
Boby - Discus F37
Venu Vinukoti- Discus F56
Lokeshwari Kudumula - Discus F37
Abhijit Appasahe Patil - Shotput F56
Jitender - Discus F37, 400m T36
Nimisha C.S. - Long Jump T46