Asian Para Games 2023 Athletics: Deepthi Jeevani sets new Asian record to win 400m gold; Simran Vats clinches silver in 100m

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The gold rush for India in the ongoing Asian Para Games 2023 continued with Deepthi Jeevanji bagging a gold medal in the women's 400m-T20, and setting a new Asian Para record and games record on Tuesday.

Simran Vats with a stellar performance bagged a silver medal in the women's 100m T12 event with an impressive timing of 12.68s. Simran fell short of the gold medal marginally by 0.16s. Indonesia's Ni Made Arianti Putri broke the Asian Para Games record timing to claim the gold medal.

Medals continued to pour in on Day 2 of the ongoing Asian Para Games 2023 with Ekta Bhyan clinching bronze in the women's Club Throw - F32/51 event. Meanwhile Deepthi Jeevan, with a record timing of 56.69s, secured a top podium finish ahead of Thailand's Orawan Kaising who gave her personal best time of 59.00s and still had to settle for silver. Japan's Niina Kanno bagged a bronze by clocking her personal best of 59.73s.

In the men's 400m-T64 final, Ajay Kumar gave his personal best timing of 54.85s to clinch a silver medal. Saudi Arabia's Nour Mohammed broke the Asian Para record with a timing of 52.81s. Thailand's Jafa Seapla settled for bronze with a timing of 55.09s.
Earlier in the day, Manish Kaurav clinched a bronze medal in the Canoe Men's KL3 Final event to open India's medal count on Day 2.

Manish clocked 44.605s to secure a podium finish falling short of the gold by just 2.347s. Uzbekistan's Khasan Kuldashev bagged the gold medal with a timing of 42.258s. While Kazakhstan's Zhalgas Taikenov settled for a silver medal with a timing of 44.605s.

India's Prachi Yadav clinched a gold medal in the Canoe women's KL2 event on Day 2 after securing a silver on Day 1 in the women's VL2 final.

The Indian contingent will be keen to replicate the success of Day 1 as they ended with 17 medals - 6 gold, 6 silver and 5 bronze. This time India has sent 303 athletes - 191 men and 112 women - to the fourth edition of the Asian Para Games which is the largest contingent to the continental event.