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Tokyo Paralympics: India's Devendra Jhajharia grabs silver, Sundar Singh wins bronze in javelin throw event

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Aug 30, 2021, at 02:51 pm

#TokyoParalympics #Tokyo #DevendraJhajharia #SundarSingh

Tokyo: India woke up to an amazing Monday morning as Devendra Jhajharia and Sundar Singh won silver and bronze medals in the javelin throw class F46 event of the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics.

Congratulations @DevJhajharia and #SunderGujjar for winning Silver and Bronze medals respectively in the Javelin Throw F46 category.
Devendra - 64.35m
Sunder - 64.01m@Media_SAI @ParalympicIndia #ParaAthletics #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/sCL1hmcD4I
— Sukant Kadam (@sukant9993) August 30, 2021

Devendra won the silver medal with a Personal Best throw of 64.35m.

Sundar grabbed bronze by throwing 64.01m.

Superb performance by @DevJhajharia! One of our most experienced athletes wins a Silver medal. Devendra has been making India continuously proud. Congratulations to him. Best of luck for his future endeavours. #Paralympics pic.twitter.com/204B90fXbv
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 30, 2021

Modi tweeted the silver medal winning athlete and tweeted: "Superb performance by @DevJhajharia ! One of our most experienced athletes wins a Silver medal. Devendra has been making India continuously proud. Congratulations to him. Best of luck for his future endeavours. #Paralympics."

India is overjoyed by the Bronze medal won by @SundarSGurjar. He has shown remarkable courage and dedication. Congratulations to him. Wishing him the very best. #Paralympics pic.twitter.com/irTIHefCoH
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 30, 2021

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