Mumbai, Oct 3:
Four Indian Rio Paralympics medal winners Devendra Jhajh-aria, Mariyappan Thangavelu, Deepa Malik and Varun Singh Bhati were today felicitated here today by a host of personalities, including cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.
Jhajharia had won the gold medal in men’s javelin throw F46 and is the only Indian to have clinched two gold medals in Paralympics.
Thangavelu also clinched a gold medal in men’s high jump T42 while Bhati won a bronze in the same event. Malik became the first Indian woman to bag a medal in Paralympics by clinching a silver in women’s F53 shot put.
Each of the medal winners received a cheque of Rs 15 lakh. It was also announced that medal winners in earlier editions of Paralympics will also be presented Rs 15 lakh each.
These include Murlikant Petkar (1972), Bhimrao Keskar, Joginder Singh Bedi (both 1984), Rajinder Singh Rahelu (2014) and H N Girisha (2012). (PTI)
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