India’s Paralympians defy the odds to triumph in Tokyo
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India’s Paralympians defy the odds to triumph in Tokyo

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Avani Lekhara took some time to settle in during the Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 shooting event on Monday. After Lekhara’s gold, India raked in two medals in the men’s javelin F46 event, with Devendra Jhajharia winning silver and Sundar Singh Gurjar winning bronze. Bhavina Patel, who won India’s first medal at the Tokyo Games, says there is still a huge disparity between the funds and facilities available to athletes with disabilities, compared to the able-bodied ones. Though she lost 0-3 to Ying Zhou in the women’s singles class 4 championship match, Patel secured India’s first Paralympics medal in table tennis. INDIA'S MEDAL TALLY Gold: Sumit Antil - Men's Javelin Throw F64 Gold: Avani Lekhara - Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Silver: Yogesh Kathuniya - Men's Discus Throw F56 Silver: Nishad Kumar - Men's High Jump T47 Silver: Mariyappan Thangavelu - Men's High Jump T63 Silver: Devendra Jhajharia - Men's Javelin Throw F46 Silver: Bhavina Patel - Women's Singles Table Tennis Class 4 Bronze: Sharad Kumar - Men's High Jump T63 Bronze: Sundar Singh Gurjar - Men's Javelin Throw F46 Bronze: Singhraj Adhana - Men's 10m Air Pistol SH1

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