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National Para-athletics C'ship: Navdeep Singh wins gold- Highlights

Catch all the action from Day 1 of the National Para-athletics c'ship here.

National Para-athletics Cship: Navdeep Singh wins gold- Highlights
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The Bridge Desk

Updated: 18 Feb 2025 4:03 PM GMT

Chennai: The 23rd National Para-athletics Championships is all set to begin at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium today, with the three day event set to see the stars of the para-athletics circuit go head to head against one another.

Paris Olympics gold medal-winning javelin thrower Navdeep Singh will be in action today in the morning, competing in the Javelin F41 event.

Similarly, three-time Paralympics medalist Mariyappan Thangavelu and two-time Paralympics gold medalist Sumit Antil will also compete today, in the men's T63 high jump and men's F64 Javelin events respectively.

The inauguration ceremony is expected to be held at 4 pm today at the stadium.

Live updates

Live Updates

  • 18 Feb 2025 4:02 PM GMT

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  • 18 Feb 2025 2:28 PM GMT

    Results: Women's Shot Put

    Here are the combined results of women's shot put events:

    Women's Shot Put F32

    Gold: Muskan (Haryana): 4.92m

    Silver: Durga Gahlot (Rajasthan): 3.90m

    Bronze: Anandi K (Tamil Nadu): 3.61m

    Women's Shot Put F42, F61, F63

    Gold: Niveditha D.H (Karnataka): 6.97m

    Silver: Jeewani (Rajasthan): 6.38m

    Bronze: Suman Devi (Rajasthan): 5.83m

    Women's Shot Put F43, F44, F62, F64

    Gold: Dayawanti (Haryana): 8.04m

    Silver: Suman (Rajasthan): 7.32m

    Bronze: Prayag Nagorao Pawale (Maharashtra): 6.66m

  • 18 Feb 2025 2:25 PM GMT

    Results: Men's Javelin Throw F54

    Gold: Dipesh Kumar (Uttar Pradesh): 28.76m

    Silver: Pradeep Kumar (Uttar Pradesh): 24.50m

    Bronze: Imran Rasool (Tamil Nadu): 22.30m

  • 18 Feb 2025 2:20 PM GMT

    Results: Women's 100m T44/T62/T64 finals

    Gold: Seema Gurjar (Rajasthan): 17.12s

    Silver: Ritika Pal (Uttar Pradesh): 17.50s

    Bronze: Nirmala (Rajasthan): 17.67s

  • 18 Feb 2025 2:18 PM GMT

    Results: Men's 100m

    Here are the combined results of all the men's 100m finals that took place today:

    Men's 100m T36

    Gold: Chirag (Delhi): 13.02s

    Silver: Arpit Sharma (Madhya Pradesh): 14.06

    Bronze: Sahil (Haryana): 14.90s

    Men's 100m T37

    Gold: Rakesh Bhatt (Gujarat): 11.79s

    Silver: Navdeep (Haryana): 12.81s

    Bronze: Dhawan (Delhi): 12.86s

    Men's 100m T38

    Gold: Jeeva Muthuraj (Tamil Nadu): 12.45s

    Silver: Anadharaj Murugan (Tamil Nadu): 12.81s

    Bronze: Sharwan Kumar (Rajasthan): 12.96s

    Men's 100m T44

    Gold: Sandeep (Haryana): 12.13s

    Silver: Mit Patel (Gujarat): 12.47s

    Bronze: Rahul Saini (Haryana): 12.67s

    Men's 100m T42, T63

    Gold: Vivek Sharma (Punjab): 13.17s

    Silver: Siddharth Manjunath Bel (Karnataka): 13.36s

    Bronze: Sandeep Kumar (Uttar Pradesh): 13.86s

    Men's 100m T62, T64

    Gold: Pranav Prashant Desai (Maharashtra): 12.11s

    Silver: Rajesh Kumar (Tamil Nadu): 12.78s

    Bronze: Rajvir Singh (SSCB): 12.87s

    Men's 100m T53, T54

    Gold: Ramesh Shanmugam (Tamil Nadu): 16.61s

    Silver: Anil Kumar (Haryana): 17.84s

    Bronze: Manoj Kumar Sabapathy (Tamil Nadu): 19.31s

    Men's 100m T45, T46, T47

    Gold: Mohammed Basil M (Kerala): 11.09s

    Silver: Shiel Abdul Kad K.M (Tamil Nadu): 11.21s

    Bronze: Sunil Dnyanoba Anpate (Maharashtra): 11.26s

  • 18 Feb 2025 12:08 PM GMT

    The torch has been lit!

    Arjuna awardee and Paralympics gold medalist Navdeep Singh lights the torch. 

    (Photo credit: Arjun M/The Bridge)
    (Photo credit: Arjun M/The Bridge)


     


  • 18 Feb 2025 11:48 AM GMT

    The inauguration ceremony has begun

    Tamil Nadu’s Deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin has arrived and among the dignitaries are Deepa Malik, India’s first female Paralympic medalist, Mariyappan Thangavelu, three-time Paralympic medalist.



     


  • 18 Feb 2025 11:02 AM GMT

    The march past will commence shortly

    The contingent are arranging themselves for the march past. 

    The inauguration will begin in a matter of minutes. 

    (Photo credit: Arjun M/The Bridge)
    (Photo credit: Arjun M/The Bridge)


     


  • 18 Feb 2025 10:29 AM GMT

    The inauguration ceremony is about to get underway

    Tamil Nadu's Deputy Chief Minister will preside over the inauguration ceremony. 

    It is scheduled to start at 4 PM, IST.

  • 18 Feb 2025 10:26 AM GMT

    Results: Women's Shot Put F36, F37

    Gold: Lakshmi (Haryana): 7.94m

    Silver: Priyanka Sharma (Delhi): 6.63m

    Bronze: Priyanka (Rajasthan): 6.20m

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