Nithya Sre Sivan won the bronze medal in the newly-introduced women’s singles badminton SH6 class at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.
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Athletes competing in the SH6 class have short stature and play in standing positions. S in SH stands for ‘standing’ while H stands for ‘short stature’.
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Harvinder Singh has won India’s first-ever Paralympic gold medal in archery. He participated in the men’s individual recurve open event. This was his second medal at the Paralympics as he won bronze at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, which was India’s first ever medal in archery in Paralympics.
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Archers competing in the open category may have an impairment in the legs and use a wheelchair or have a balance impairment and shoot standing or resting on a stool.
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Kapil Parmar, a visually impaired judo athlete, made history by becoming India’s first Paralympic medalist in judo, securing a bronze in the men’s 60kg J1 category.
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Athletes with vision impairment are classified under the J1 category.
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Ajeet Singh and Sundar Singh Gurjar won the silver and bronze medals, respectively, in the men’s javelin throw F46 class.
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Athletes in the F46 sports class have their arms/hands affected by impairments, for example by above or below elbow amputations.
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Navdeep Singh won a gold in the men’s javelin throw F41 class with a new Paralympic record of 47.32m, to register India’s first-ever medal in the category.
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Athletes with short stature compete in the F41 sport class.
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Navdeep Singh had won a silver medal in this event. However, the winning athlete from the Islamic Republic of Iran was disqualified due to improper and unsporting conduct. Thus, Navdeep Singh was awarded the gold medal.
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