Aichi-Nagoya, Oct. 22 -- India's medal rush in para athletics continued as Dilip Gavit secured a gold in the men's 400 m T47 final at the ongoing Para Asian Games on Thursday.

Having won the gold medal in the 100 m T47 event, Gavit secured his second gold in Japan, clocking a time of 48.27 s, successfully pulling off a defence of his title that he won at Hangzhou back in 2023.

India finished off the day with a gold medal, with Solairaj Dharmaraj establishing an Asian Games record during his gold medal win in the men's long jump T44/T62/T64 final.

Solairaj carried out a successful title defence with an attempt of 7.15 m, and the silver went to Malaysia's Eddy Bernard with a 6.34 m jump. The bronze was bagged by Yuma Tamaki (T64), who ju...