Indian athletes clinch 13 medals in para meet

Indian para athletes did the country proud by claiming 13 medals in the season opening International IPC International Athletics Grand Prix at the Dubai Club Stadium here yesterday

Dubai: Indian para athletes did the country proud by claiming 13 medals in the season opening International IPC International Athletics Grand Prix at the Dubai Club Stadium here yesterday.

The medals include five gold, three of which are won by Sundar Singh Gurjar.

Gurjar added a third gold medal in the shotput event T 44- 46 category with a throw of 13.36 mt. Sundar had earlier won gold in the javelin throw and discus throw. The women athletes added to the Indian gold medal tally in the wheelchair shotput. Karamjyoti claimed the gold followed by Shatabdti Awasthi claiming the silver.

High jumpers Sharad Kumar and Girisha H Nagarajgowda gave India the silver and bronze in the F13/20/42/44 category .

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