India swept all the three medals in men’s club throw F51 event with Pranav Soorma winning the gold on the opening day of athletics competition at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games on Monday.
The 29-year-old Soorma broke the Asian Para Games record with an effort of 30.01m to clinch the gold while Dharambir (28.76m) and Amit Kumar (26.93m) were second and third respectively.
Three Indians also finished 1-2-3 in the men’s high jump T63 category but only gold and silver were awarded under Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) rules.
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The three Indians were the only competitors in the event and under APC’s ‘minus one rule’, Shailesh Kumar won the gold with an Asian Para Games record jump of 1.82m while Mariyappan Thangavelu (1.80m) took the silver.
Nishad Kumar won India’s third gold of the day in men’s high jump T47 class as he cleared a height of 2.02m while compatriot Ram Pal took the bronze with an effort of 1.94m.
India got its fourth gold medal as Avani Lekhara broke the Games record of 247.0 in the Women’s 10m Air Rifle Stand SH1 Final to score 249.6 points.
In the men’s 5000m-T11 category, Ankur Dhama won India’s fifth gold medal of the Games. India’s next medal came from Praveen Kumar, who also broke the Games Record in the Men’s High Jump-T64 Final.
Aruna Tanwar clinched a bronze medal in the women’s K44 47 kg event in Taekwondo.
India is currently in fourth place with 17 medals including six gold, six silver and five bronze.
Here are the medal standings:
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 31 | 29 | 23 | 83 |
| 2 | IR Iran | 9 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | India | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Thailand | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
(With inputs from PTI)
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