Rio de Janeiro: Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia became the first Indian to clinch two gold medals at the Paralympics after he broke his own world record to clinch the top honours at the Rio Games here.
Devendra, who won his previous gold in the 2004 Athens Games, bettered his own world record to finish on top in the men’s F46 event.
Devendra, whose previous best was 62.15 metres (achieved in the 2004 Games), improved the mark with an attempt of 63.97 metres at the Olympic Stadium (Engenhao).
India now have two gold, one silver and one bronze in the ongoing edition of the Games.
Thangavelu Mariyappan had earlier struck gold in the men’s high jump, while Varun Bhati had secured a bronze in the same event.
Later, Deepa Malik won a silver in the women’s shot put event to add to the tally.
Video posted by Choudhary collection on social networking
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Devendra gets congratulations on twitter
Congratulations #DevendraJhajharia Your #Gold @ #Paralympics is inspiring to many. Kudos to your efforts 👍 #Rio2016 https://t.co/WvFquNJ1FF
— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) September 14, 2016
It’s reigning gold & records at #Paralympics. Thank u & congratulations #DevendraJhajharia for making the entire nation proud!
— Lt. Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) September 14, 2016
Congratulations to #DevendraJhajharia on wining gold in Javelin throw at #Paralympics. We are Proud of you! Jai Hind pic.twitter.com/rqnvYVE6ym
— Radha Mohan Singh (@RadhamohanBJP) September 14, 2016
Congratulations #DevendraJhajharia … You have made the entire country proud… #Paralympics https://t.co/DAurfPh8t7
— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) September 14, 2016
#Paralympics is pyaara-lympics. Bow down to #DevendraJhajharia fr d Gold&new World Record.He won Gold in2004as well pic.twitter.com/s4DzALa5hG
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) September 14, 2016
Congrats #DevendraJhajharia fr the Gold& new World Record.Truly inspiring,wishing fr more coverage than ur 2004 gold pic.twitter.com/FKl8GiTfdy
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) September 14, 2016
Golden moment for #India! Congrats to #DevendraJhajharia for Gold in #Paralympics Javelin throw & a new world record pic.twitter.com/FFK9WfSLQJ
— Vijay Goel (@VijayGoelBJP) September 14, 2016
Congratulations #DevendraJhajharia yet another gold for India in the #ParalympicsRio2016 🇮🇳 what an inspiration pic.twitter.com/2IEE8pBszS
— Esha Gupta (@eshagupta2811) September 14, 2016
What a terrific shot of #Paralympics javelin gold winner #DevendraJhajharia
💪🏽🇮🇳💪🏽pic.twitter.com/acOsm4pkH2— atul kasbekar (@atulkasbekar) September 14, 2016
Congrats #DevendraJhajharia for new #worldrecord in men’s Javelin throw win #Gold at #Rio2016 #Paralympics pic.twitter.com/DQsbncbor1
— Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) September 14, 2016
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