National/Alive News: India crossed the 60-medal mark at the Asian Para Games after winning five gold medals on Wednesday. The country secured 27 medals during the day, taking its overall tally to 62, including 14 gold, 21 silver and 27 bronze medals. India slipped to fifth place in the medal standings.
Ayush Verma opened India’s gold-medal account by winning the men’s F53 shot put event with a throw of 8.16 metres. He had earlier won bronze in the javelin throw. Praveen Kumar claimed gold in the men’s T64 high jump, clearing 2.05 metres to break his previous Games record of 2.02 metres.
Sachin Khilari won gold in the men’s F46 shot put with a Games-record throw of 15.87 metres. India completed a podium sweep in the event, with Mohd Yasser winning silver with 15.06 metres and Parveen taking bronze with 14.94 metres.
In athletics, Rakeshbhai Bhatt won bronze in the men’s 100m T37 final with a personal-best time of 11.50 seconds. Anubhav Choudhary also secured bronze in the men’s 100m T35 event, clocking 12.72 seconds.
Bhagyashri claimed silver in the women’s F34 shot put with a personal-best throw of 8.19 metres. In compound archery, Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag settled for silver after losing the women’s doubles final to China’s Zhao Jing and Xu Xueqing.
