Asian Para Games: 1-2 for India! Pranav Soorma, Ram Ratan Singh clinch discus gold and silver

NEW DELHI: India continued to swell their medal tally on the Asian Para Games 2026 as Pranav Soorma and Ram Ratan Singh secured a memorable one-two end within the males’s discus throw mixed F51/52/53 occasion on Tuesday, with Soorma setting a brand new Asian document to clinch gold.The 32-year-old Soorma produced a greatest throw of 11.66m in his fourth try and take the highest spot, whereas compatriot Singh, 31, claimed silver with an effort of 10.35m in his second try. Both athletes compete within the F51 classification.The end result added one other gold and silver to India’s rising medal haul on the continental para-sport occasion in Aichi-Nagoya, with the Indian duo delivering a standout efficiency within the subject.

Soorma provides one other gold to his Asian Para Games assortment

Soorma continued his spectacular run on the Asian Para Games after profitable gold within the males’s membership throw F51 occasion on the earlier version in China. His record-breaking effort within the discus throw additional underlined his credentials as one among India’s main para-athletes.Singh complemented his compatriot’s efficiency with a silver-winning throw, making certain India occupied the highest two positions within the occasion.Iran’s Alireza Hemami, competing within the F53 classification, completed with the bronze medal after recording a throw of 20.20m within the fourth spherical.

Raza factors system decides remaining standings

Although Hemami registered an extended distance than each Indian athletes, he completed third as a result of the mixed occasion’s standings have been decided utilizing the Raza Point System.The system adjusts performances in line with athletes’ incapacity classifications, changing outcomes into standardised factors to permit truthful comparisons between rivals with completely different ranges of impairment.The F51 classification contains athletes with important limitations in trunk, leg and hand motion, alongside various restrictions in arm perform. Events might mix athletes from completely different classifications when participation numbers are restricted.The F51-F57 classes cowl seated throwing occasions for athletes with numerous lower-body impairments, limb deficiencies and limitations in muscle energy or vary of motion.