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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.

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.
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- 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) - 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) - 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