Asian Para Games: Pranav Soorma clinches gold, breaks Asian record; Ram Ratan bags silver
Aichi-Nagoya, Oct. 20 -- It continues raining medals for India at the Para Asian Games as Pranav Soorma and Ram Ratan Singh secured gold and silver medals in the men's discus throw F51/F52/F53 event at the continental showpiece on Tuesday.
Pranav, who was previously a men's club throw silver medalist at the Paris Paralympics 2024, tried his hand at discus throw and demolished the Asian record, setting a new benchmark of 11.66 m, with Ram Ratan Singh taking a silver with an effort of 10.35 m, as per ESPN.
Alireza Hemami, an F53 athlete, took bronze with a throw of 20.20m.
This brings India's medal tally to 28 medals, including seven gold medals, nine silver medals and 12 bronze medals.
India delivered an outstanding performance in the ...
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