Yogesh Kathuniya gave Prime Minister Narendra Modi a brand new title© IANS
Two-time Paralympic silver medallist discus thrower Yogesh Kathuniya gave Prime Minister Narendra Modi a brand new title, calling him “Param Mitra” throughout their interplay at PM’s residence. Kathuniya, who gained the silver medal within the F56 class on the World Para-Athletics Championships in Could, recorded the season’s greatest throw of 42.22m to take the silver medal within the Males’s Discus Throw – F56 occasion on the just lately concluded Paris Paralympics. The Prime Minister met India’s Paralympians at his residence on Thursday to congratulate them for his or her record-smashing haul of 29 medals on the Paris Paralympic Video games and requested para-athletes to share their Paralympic experiences.
“The consistency (in efficiency) got here due to you; it got here due to the schemes you will have launched like TOPS, Khelo India and so forth. For everyone, PM means Prime Minister however for us, you’re our ‘param mitra’ (greatest pal),” mentioned Kathuniya to PM Modi.
“I really feel proud for this put up and I additionally need to work as a ‘mitra’ with you all,” replied the Prime Minister.
India completed 18th within the medal tally with seven gold, 9 silver, and 13 bronze to their title for a document complete of 29 medals. The contingent has shattered the document for India’s best-ever medal haul that was set on the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics (19).
The document haul additionally meant that India crossed the 50-medal mark of their Paralympic historical past after taking their total medal haul to 60 medals with 16 gold. 21 silver and 23 bronze.
A document 84 para-athletes represented India on the Paris 2024 Paralympics, held within the French capital from August 28 to September 8. India competed throughout 12 disciplines, three greater than at Tokyo 2020.
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