Javelin thrower Sandeep Chaudhary clinchs India’s first gold medal at 2018 Jakarta Asian Para Games

Javelin thrower Sandeep Chaudhary has clinched India’s first gold medal at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Para Games with a best throw of 60.01m in Indonesia on October 8, 2018. In the 49kg men’s powerlifting event, Farman Basha claimed the silver and Paramjeet Kumar won the bronze. Swimmer Devanshi Satijawon then picked up a silver in women’s 100 metre butterfly category and Suyash Jadhav clinched the bronze in the men’s 200 metre individual medley category. In Badminton, India lost to Malaysia 1-2 in the semifinals to settle for a bronze.