In Depth: A glorious end to Indias best-ever Paralympics, finishes with 19 medals

<p>Prime Minister Narendra&nbsp;Modi claimed that the Tokyo Paralympics will&nbsp;always have a special place in the history of Indian sports and it will rightly do.&nbsp;</p> <p>It was no less than a medal shower as&nbsp;India registered its largest ever medal haul at the Paralympic Games finishing with&nbsp;5 gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze. With a total of 19 medals, India went past its previous best tally of 4 medals at the 2016 Games in Rio.&nbsp;</p> <p>There were a number of records broken and set by the Indian para athletes.</p> <p>Sumit Antil - World Record in F64 Men&rsquo;s Javelin</p> <p>Avani Lekhara - Equalled the World Record and made a Paralympic Record in R2 Women&rsquo;s 10m Air Standing SH1</p> <p>Manish Narwal - Paralympic Record in P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1</p> <p>Nishad Kumar - Asian Record in Men&rsquo;s High Jump T47</p> <p>Praveen Kumar - Asian Record in Men&rsquo;s High Jump T64</p> <p>Indias campaign began with&nbsp;silver in table tennis womens singles (Class 4) by&nbsp;Bhavinaben Patel and ended in style, when&nbsp;Krishna Nagar won gold in badminton mens singles (SH6) on the last day.</p> <p>Out of 162 nations, India finished 24th in the overall medal tally, while its accomplishment of 19 medals is ranked 20th based on the number of medals.&nbsp;</p> <p>Interestingly, this feat came just days after India registered its&nbsp;best medal haul in the Olympic Games as well, with 1 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze.</p> <p>Also read:&nbsp;<a title=Tokyo Paralympics: Krishna Nagar wins gold in mens singles badminton SH6 class href=https://www.editorji.com/story/tokyo-paralympics-krishna-nagar-wins-gold-in-men-s-singles-badminton-sh6-class-1630825236460 target=_blank>Tokyo Paralympics: Krishna Nagar wins gold in mens singles badminton SH6 class</a></p>