Asian Para Games: India sweep medals in two events to begin resoundingly

India made a royal start at the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, sweeping all the medals in men’s high jump T63 and men’s club throw F51 events with Shailesh Kumar and Pranav Soorma clinching gold in the respective categories. There was a further gold medal for Nishad Kumar in High Jump-T47 event.

Shailesh Kumar set an Asian Para Games record of 1.82m to win the men’s high jump T63 gold while compatriots Mariyappan Thangavelu (1.80m) and Govindbhai Ramsingbhai Padhiyar (1.78m) took the silver and bronze respectively.

The three Indians were the only competitors in the event.

In men’s club throw F51 event, Soorma also produced an Asian Para Games record of 30.01m to clinch the gold while Dharambir (28.76m) and Amit Kumar (26.93m) were second and third respectively.

There were only four competitors in the event with Saudi Arabia’s Radhi Ali Alharthi finishing last with a throw of 23.77m.

In Men’s High Jump T47 final, Nishad won the gold medal by going a distance of 2.02m while Ram Pal produced a best of 1.94m for a bronze medal. China’s Hongjie Chen bagged the silver medal.

Monu Ghangas won a bronze medal in men’s shot put F11 event with an effort of 12.33m.

In women’s canoe VL2 event, Prachi Yadav won a silver with a time of 1:03.147.

(with inputs from PTI)