Deepthi Jeevanji won India’s eighth gold medal in the women’s 400m-T20, and setting a new Asian Para record and Games record at the Asian Para Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China on Tuesday.
Deepthi, with a record timing of 56.69s, secured a top podium finish ahead of Thailand’s Orawan Kaising who gave her personal best time of 59.00s and still had to settle for silver.
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In the men’s 400m-T64 final, Ajay Kumar clinched silver with a personal best timing of 54.85.
Sharath Makanahalli Shankarappa won gold in the Men’s 5000m-T13 category to raise India’s gold medal tally to nine. However, it was India’s Neeraj Yadav, Yogesh Kathuniya and Muthuraja, who swept the men’s discus throw-F54/55/56 podium as India stood with 10 gold medals.
Earlier in the day, Manish Kaurav clinched a bronze medal in the Canoe Men’s KL3 Final event.
Prachi Yadav won gold in the Canoe women’s KL2 event after securing a silver on Monday in the women’s VL2 final.
India is currently in fourth place with 35 medals including 10 gold, 12 silver and 13 bronze.
Here are the medal standings:
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 67 | 53 | 45 | 165 |
| 2 | IR Iran | 16 | 19 | 12 | 47 |
| 3. | Japan | 12 | 13 | 25 | 45 |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 12 | 12 | 14 | 38 |
| 4 | India | 10 | 12 | 13 | 35 |
As on October 24, 7 PM IST
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