India's Medal Tally at Paris Paralympics 2024: Indian Medallists After Late-Night Medal Rush on September 4

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Harvinder Singh scripted history as the first Indian archer to strike gold at the Paralympics before club thrower Dharambir also secured a top finish with a record-shattering throw as the country's athletes had yet another rewarding day at the Paralympics 2024 in Paris.

World champion shot-putter Sachin Sarjerao Khilari and another club thrower Pranav Soorma's silver-winning performances were a major highlight too on a terrific Wednesday (September 4) for India in Paris Paralympics.

Their performance took India's medal haul to 24 in the Paris Paralympics 2024 medal table and the nation is currently placed 13th in the overall standings with five gold, nine silver and 10 bronze medals. It is India's best ever performance at the event and will only get better with three more days of competition left.

The 33-year-old Harvinder, who became the first Indian to win an archery medal at the Games with a bronze three years ago in Tokyo, bettered the colour of his medal in a superlative performance of five consecutive wins.

Icing on the cake was Dharambir's Asian record 34.92m throw that helped him stay on top from start to finish, followed by Soorma (34.59m) in the F51 club throw finals.

Earlier, the 34-year-old Khilari pulled off a 16.32m throw in his second attempt of the F46 category final to better his own Asian record of 16.30m which he set in May while winning gold in the World Para-Athletics Championships in Japan.

Khilari's silver was also India's 11th medal from track-and-field, the Tokyo haul of one gold, five silver and two bronze medals long overhauled. In total, India has now won 13 medals in athletics at Paris Paralympics 2024.

Late on Tuesday night, Indians won silver and bronze in both men's high jump T63 and javelin throw F46 after Deepthi Jeevanji's bronze in the women's 400m T20 category in India's best day at the Games. Here is a look at the Indian medallists so far:

Indian Medallists at Paris Paralympics 2024

With a medal rush in the past few days, India's tally has increased to 24, but they finished 13th in the standings heading into Thursday (September 3). India is also 13th in the standings for total number of medals.

China continued to lead the medal table with a total of 135 medals, including 62 gold. Great Britain and USA occupy the next two spots in the medal standings. Here is a look at the top 10 and India's ranking in the Paris Paralympics Medal table after September 4:

Paris Paralympics 2024 Medal Tally on September 4