It is very rare that two medals from the same country come in the same event. However, this has happened with India in the Para Asian Games being played in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. India has won two medals in Javelin Throw in F53/54 event. Pradeep Kumar won silver here while Ayush Verma won bronze.
Pradeep Kumar won the silver medal with his best throw. He threw 27.54 meters and scored a total of 901 points. Whereas, Ayush Verma won bronze by finishing third with a throw of 17.88. His total marks were 793. Iran’s Irfan Bondori won the gold medal with a throw of 30.24 meters and 986 points.
This is the second time this happened
Both the players made their best throw and won two medals in the same event. However, this is the second time in these Games that India has won two medals in the same event in javelin throw. On the first day, Rinku Hooda and Ajit Singh won silver and bronze medals in the F46 event.
Amazing in table tennis also
At the same time, India has also won medals in table tennis. Sonalben Patel won the bronze medal in the women’s singles class 3 event. She was defeated by South Korea’s Yun Jiyu 0-3 (7-11, 5-11, 6-11) in the semi-finals. Before him, Bhavina Patel had also won the bronze medal for the country. Bhavina lost 0-3 against China’s Zhang Bian in the women’s singles 4-5 semi-finals. Prachi Pandey got India’s third bronze in table tennis. In the Women’s Singles Class 6, she had to face defeat from Iraq’s Al Dayani Najilah. The Iraqi players won 3–0.