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Indian para athletes on Thursday created history by winning the highest number of medals in the Asian Para Games, taking country’s tally to 80, including 18 gold medals. India have now gone past the earlier best of 72 achieved in the 2018 edition in Indonesia. India’s medal tally read 18 gold, 23 silver and 39 bonze, and the count will keep on increasing till the end of the fourth day of competitions. With two more days left in the Games, the country is on course to achieving its target of 100 medals in this Hangzhou edition.

India had won 72 medals (15 gold, 24 silver, 33 bronze) in the last edition in Jakarta which was the best before this Hangzhou Games.

Sachin Sarjerao Khilari won the first gold of the day in men’s F46 shot put with a Games record throw of 16.03m while Rohit Kumar took the bronze with 14.56m.

Para shooter Sidhartha Babu then bagged another gold in R6 mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 event as he shot an Asian Para Games score of 247.7.

The compound mixed team of Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar won a gold after defeating their Chinese counterparts Lin Yueshan and Ai Xinliang 151-149 in the final.

India also won a bronze medal in archery men’s doubles W1 event with the pair of Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari and Naveen Dalal defeating the Kazakh pair of Nurshat Toleukassym and Sagdat Duisembayev 125-120.

Simran and Bhagyashri Madhavrao Jadhav won a silver each in women’s T12 100m and women’s F34 shot put respectively. Simran clocked 26.12 seconds while Jadhav cleared 7.54m. Narayan Thakur won a bronze in men’s T35 100m with a time of 14.37 seconds. Shreyansh Trivedi also took a bronze in men’s T37 100m with a time of 12.24 seconds.

In para badminton, Sukant Indukant Kadam (men’s singles SL4), Sivan Nithya Sumathy (women’s singles SH6), Manisha Ramadass (women’s singles SU5), Mandeep Kaur/Manisha Ramadass (women’s doubles SL3-SU5), Krishna Nagar/Sivarajan Solaimalai (men’s doubles SH6) and Pramod Bhagat/Sukant Indukant Kadam (men’s doubles SL3-SL4) won a bronze medal each after losing their respective semifinal matches.

In chess, Bhaveshkumar Rathi Himanshi picked up a bronze in women’s individual standard VI-B1 event.

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Sachin Sajerao Khilari won gold in Men’s Shot Put-F46 event© Twitter

India para-athletes on Thursday created history as it registered its highest-ever gold medal tally at the Asian Para Games after earning the 16th gold. India topped their 2018 Asian Para Games medal tally of 72 at the ongoing edition in Hangzhou, China. So far in the game India bagged 73 medals in the ongoing edition. Nithya Sre won a remarkable bronze medal in the Women’s Singles SH6 event on Thursday morning, helping the Indian contingent beat its previous best performance.

Indian shooter Sidhartha Babu struck a gold medal with a scintillating performance at the ongoing Asian Para Games.

Sidhartha secured a dazzling Gold in R6 Mixed 50m Rifles Prone SH-1, setting a new Asian Para Games Record with a remarkable score of 247.7. With this, the ace shooter also secures the Paris 2024 Paralympics quota for India. Avani Lekhara completed 8th in the finals of the same event.

In Women’s Shot Put-F34, the silver medal was won by Bhagyashri Madhavrao Jhadav with an impressive throw of 7.54m, showcasing incredible sports prowess. Meanwhile, Archer Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari and Naveen Dalal clinched a bronze medal in the Archery Men’s Doubles – W1 Open event, with a remarkable score of 125-120.

The flurry of medals continued on Day 4 as Sukant Kadam secured a bronze in Men’s Badminton Singles SL-4 with an outstanding performance.

India also shined in athletics on Day 4 as it secured a double remarkable podium In Men’s Shot Put-F46 on Thursday. Sachin Khilari struck gold and a Games Record with a massive throw of 16.03, while Rohit Hooda at his Personal Best the bronze with a throw of 14.56.

Shreyansh Trivedi secured an impressive bronze in the Men’s 100m T-37 at the Asian Para Games with a remarkable time of 12.24 seconds.

Para Athlete Narayan Thakur captured the bronze in the Men’s 100m T-35 with a time of 14.37, to get his second medal at the Asian Para Games.

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Returning to work after giving birth to a child is a difficult task but an increasing number of Indian athletes are now smashing stereotypes by continuing to compete. Perhaps the most well-known sporting moms in the country are legendary boxer Mary Kom and six-time Grand Slam winner Sania Mirza. Here’s a look at the Indian mothers who will be competing at the Hangzhou Asian Games beginning on September 23.

Dipika Pallikal (Squash)

The poster girl of Indian squash, Dipika Pallikal has been a consistent performer for the country. She paired up with Joshna Chinappa to win India’s first Commonwealth Games gold medal in squash in the Glasgow edition of CWG in 2014.

Her other accomplishments include several medals in World Championships, Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, besides becoming the first Indian woman to be ranked in the top 10.

In October 2021, she and her husband Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik were blessed with twin boys — Kabir and Zian. A few months later, Dipika was back in the squash court and went on to win the mixed doubles bronze medal at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

The Hangzhou Asian Games, where Dipika will compete in the mixed doubles event, are expected to be her swansong.

Koneru Humpy (Chess)

The Grandmaster is one of India’s finest chess players. She became the youngest woman ever to achieve the Grandmaster title at the age of 15 years, one month, 27 days in 2002, and became the second female to exceed the 2600 Elo rating mark.

She gave birth to her daughter Ahana in 2017 following which she took a maternity break.

Humpy returned two years later to become the women’s World Rapid champion in 2019 and was the runner-up in the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2019-21 edition.

The 36-year-old will be competing in the singles as well as team events in Hangzhou.

Harika Dronavalli (Chess)

The Indian Grandmaster is a three-time World Championship medallist.

The 32-year-old is an inspiration to women across the world. Harika played a high-pressure Chess Olympiad in her ninth month of pregnancy last year.

To prepare for the event, she would join her teammates online during the preparatory camps.

Alongside Koneru Humpy, R Vaishali, Tania Sachdev and Bhakti Kulkarni, Harika won the women’s team bronze in Chess Olympiad — the first-ever for India in the women’s section.

She was blessed with a daughter– Hanvika — a few days later.

She will be looking to add another Asian Games medal to her kitty, having won the bronze in the individual section at the 2010 Guangzhou Games.

Manpreet Kaur (Shot put)

Manpreet Kaur will be in action in the women’s shot put event. A national record holder, Kaur hails from Sahauli village in Patiala. She had represented India at the Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010. She then took a break of three years following her marriage and the birth of her daughter — Jasnoor.

She returned to the competitive arena in 2016 and became the only Indian woman to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympics in her field.

Kaur was handed a four-year doping ban in July 2017. But she made strong comeback last year by hurling the iron ball to a distance of 18.06m to not only break her own national record but become the first Indian woman to cross 18m in shot put.

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