India won 17 medals - six golds, six silvers and five bronzes - to kickstart its Hangzhou Asian Para Games campaign on Monday.
India swept all three medals in the men’s club throw F51 event with Pranav Soorma winning the gold on the opening day of the athletics competition.
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.
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.
| Sport | Event | Medal |
| Athletics | Men's 5000m-T11 | Gold - Ankur Dhama |
| Athletics | Men's High Jump-T47 | Gold - Nishad Kumar |
| Athletics | Men's High Jump-T63 | Gold - Shailesh Kumar |
| Athletics | Men's High Jump-T64 | Gold - Praveen Kumar |
| Athletics | Men's High Jump-T64 | Bronze- Unni Renu |
| Athletics | Men's Shot Put-F11 | Bronze - Monu Ganghas |
| Athletics | Men's Club Throw-F51 | Gold - Pranav Soorma |
| Athletics | Men's Club Throw-F51 | Silver - Dharambir |
| Athletics | Men's Club Throw-F51 | Bronze - Amit Kumar |
| Athletics | Men's High Jump-T63 | Silver - Mariyappan Thangavelu |
| Athletics | Men's High Jump-T47 | Bronze - Ram Pal |
| Canoe | Women's VL2 | Silver - Prachi Yadav |
| Judo | Men -60 kg J1 | Silver - Kapil Parmar |
| Judo | Women -48 kg J2 | Bronze - Kokila |
| Shooting | R2 - Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH | Gold - Avani Lekhar |
| Shooting | P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 | Silver - Rudransh Khadelwal |
| Taekwondo | Women's K44 -47kg | Bronze - Aruna |
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