The 2024 Paris Paralympics ended on Sunday. India won 29 medals in these Paralympics. India ranks 18. China is in first place, Great Britain and America are in second and third places, respectively. Pakistan is at the last place. Two history-making sportspersons, Harvinder Singh and Preeti Pal, carried the flag of India at the closing ceremony. This time Harvinder Singh won gold in men’s archery in individual recurve open. He became the first Indian archer to win gold in the Paralympics. On the other hand, Preeti Pal won bronze in the women’s T-35 category in the 100-meter sprint. This is India’s first medal in sprint at the Paralympics. She also got bronze in the 200-meter race.
Dharambir Singh in club throw, Harwinder Singh in archery, Sumit Antil in javelin, Nitesh Kumar in badminton, Avni Ketara in shooting, and Navdeep Singh in javelin won gold medals in this year’s Paralympics. India won 7 golds in all. Besides, 9 silver and 13 bronze have come. India has won the most medals in the history of the Paralympics. China is in first place in this year’s Paralympics. China won a total of 220 medals, including 94 gold, 76 silver, and 50 bronze. Second-placed Great Britain won a total of 124 medals, including 49 gold, 44 silver, and 31 bronze. Third-placed America won a total of 105 medals, including 36 gold, 42 silver, and 27 bronze.
Apart from this, the host country, France, has won a total of 75 medals, including 19 gold, 28 silver, and 28 bronze, and is in eighth place. Neighbors Sri Lanka won only one silver medal in 75th place, and Pakistan won only one bronze. At the end of the ceremony, the responsibility of the next Paralympics was handed over to America. The Paralympics will be held in Los Angeles in 2028. The four-year wait begins. However, the whole country is optimistic that after four years, India will break this record of its own in Los Angeles.
