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Indian Debutants Who Won Medals at Paralympics 2024

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Reaching the Paralympic podium is a demanding journey that requires years of dedication, relentless effort, and often multiple attempts. Yet, against the odds, some athletes exceeded expectations and secured medals in their debut Paralympic Games. Let’s take a look at the Indian para-athletes who competed in the Paralympics for the first time and returned as proud medallists: 1. Nitesh Kumar- Gold, Men’s Singles SL3 Nitesh Kumar clinched his maiden gold medal at the Paralympics in the men’s singles SL3 badminton category, previously won by Pramod Bhagat in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. He defeated Daniel Bethell of Great Britain, the Tokyo 2020 silver medallist, in a thrilling 80-minute match with scores of 21-14, 18-21, 23-21. Notably, this was Nitesh’s first victory over Bethell in ten encounters, marking India’s second consecutive gold in the SL3 class. 2. Thulasimathi Murugesan- Silver, Women’s Singles SU5 Competing in the women’s singles SU5 badminton category, top seed and Asian Para Games champion Thulasimathi Murugesan secured a silver medal after losing 21-17, 21-10 to defending champion Yang Qiuxia of China. 3. Sachin …

Paralympics: Who is Hokato Hotozhe Sema, India’s bronze medal winner in shot put F47 event | Sport-others News

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Nagaland’s Hokato Hotozhe Sema added another medal to India’s Paralympics tally when he snapped up bronze in the the shot put F47 event late Friday night. The recent success took the country’s total medal tally to 27. Sema came into the Men’s Shot Put – F57 Final with a Personal Best of 14.49m. He was sixth in the order of the athletes to throw. As this is a seated throw event, where athletes have to be harnessed to a throwing chair, all six attempts would be taken together in one go. The top two spots were all but decided early on. Yasin Khosravi and Thiago Paulino dos Santos throwing 15.96m (Paralympics Record) and 15.06m respectively. Khosravi and dos Santos had finished 1-2 at the World Championships in May earlier this year, so this was always on the cards. The battle was likely going to be between Finland’s Teijo Koopikka and Sema. At the World Championships Koopikka had taken bronze with 14.74, while Sema had finished fourth with 13.97. But once the Finnish athlete was done …