Navdeep Singh Wins Gold Medal in Men's Javelin Throw F41 Event at Paris Paralympics 2024 After Iran's Sadegh Beit Sayah's Disqualification, Breaks Paralympic Games Record With 47.32 M Effort
India's para-athletes continued to shine at Paris Paralympics 2024 with Navdeep Singh winning the gold medal in Men's Javelin Throw F41 event. India also have achieved the most number of gold medals in a single edition of the Paralympic Games in the nation's history, surpassing the previous best mark of 19 set in Tokyo.
Navdeep Singh won the gold medal in the Men's Javelin Throw F41 event at Paris Paralympics 2024 with a sensational effort of 47.32m, on Saturday, September 7. Singh also broke the Paralympic Games record, which was 47.13, set by China's Sun Pengxiang. Singh had earlier won the silver medal with Iran's Sadegh Beit Sayah taking gold with a Paralympic Games record of 47.64m but he was disqualified due to 'unsporting or improper conduct' as per the Paris Paralympics 2024 official website and as a result, Navdeep Singh's silver was upgraded to gold. This was India's 29th medal after Simran Singh's bronze medal, and seventh gold medal overall.
Navdeep Singh Wins Gold Medal at Paris Paralympics 2024 After Iranian Para-Athlete's Disqualification
(SocialLY brings you all the latest breaking news, viral trends and information from social media world, including Twitter (X), Instagram and Youtube. The above post is embeded directly from the user's social media account and LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body. The views and facts appearing in the social media post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY, also LatestLY does not assume any responsibility or liability for the same.)