Asian Para Games Day 2: India bags 17 medals on second consecutive day

The medals galore continued at the Asian Para Games 2023 for the Indian athletes as India won 17 medals on the second day of the continental showpiece in Hangzhou, China.

This is the second consecutive day that India has won 17 medals after winning 17 medals on the first day, taking the medal count to 34 medals.

India won a total of third gold in the second with Para Canoeist Prachi Yadav winning the first-ever gold medal in the event.

Prachi Yadav became the first Indian to win a para canoe gold in the Asian Para Games as she led the country's medal rush for the second consecutive day here on Tuesday.

Deepthi Jeevanji (women's T20 400m), and Neeraj Yadav (men's F54/55/56 discus throw) were the other gold medal winners on Tuesday.

India remained in fifth spot in the standings with nine gold, twelve silver, and thirteen bronze, behind China, Iran, Japan, and Uzbekistan.

Indians swept the podium in men's discus throw F54/55/56 with Neeraj Yadav winning the gold with the Games and Asian record distance of 38.56m. Yogesh Kathuniya (42.13m) and Muthuraja (35.06m) were second and third respectively.

Ravi Rongali (men's F40 shot put), Parmod (men's T46 1500m), Ajay Kumar (men's T64 400m), and Simran Sharma (women's T12 100m) clinched a silver each from the track. Rakesh Bhaira picked a bronze in the men's T46 1500m event.

In para shooting, Rudransh Khandelwal and Manish Narwal bagged a silver and bronze respectively in the P1 men's 10m air pistol SH1 event while Rubina Francis bagged a bronze in the P2 women's 10m air pistol SH1 category.

The bronze medal winners on the day were Manish Kaurav (men's KL3 canoe) -- who is the husband of Prachi --, Ashok (men's 65kg powerlifting), Gajendra Singh (men's VL2 canoe) and Ekta Bhayan (women's F32/51 club throw).