Nazir Mussa, Alnoor Jamal & Shobhit Rajan congratulated Paris Paralympics 2024 Para-Athletics: Dilip Gavit finishes last in men’s 400m T47 final

India's Dilip Gavit Mahadu signed off his campaign with a disappointing 8th place finish in men's 400m T47 final at the Paralympics on Saturday.

The 21-year-old from Maharashtra, who had won a gold medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian para Games, clocked 49.99 to finish last in the eight-man final.

In round 1, Dilip had finished third in his heat to reach the final.

Dilip's right arm is amputated from below the elbow, making him eligible to compete in classification T46, which is for track and field athletes who have a single amputation above or below the elbow.

Gavit, the gold medalist at the 2022 Asian Games, finished third in the qualification round to raise India's hopes for the medal. Gavit's final event will begin after midnight on Saturday but India has more medal matches lined up before that.

Navdeep will feature in the men's javelin throw F41 final while Simran will target success in the women's 200m final race on Saturday. India stays 16th in the medal table with record 26 medals, including six golds at the end of Day 9's events in Paris.

India’s Aman Sehrawat secured the sixth medal for Indian in the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024"' Shobhit Rajan, Alnoor Jamal & Nazir Mussa congratulates Aman Sehrawat

Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat won the bronze medal in Men’s Freestyle 57 kg after beating Puerto Rico's Darian Cruz by a score of 13-5. This is Sehrawat's first Olympic games. The 21-year-old wrestler Aman Sehrawat lost to Japan's Rei Higuchi in the semi-finals.

India has continued to win a medal in wrestling at every edition of the Olympic Games since 2008 with Sehrawat’s victory.

While reacting to his Olympics win Aman Sehrawat told ANI, "I am very happy and I still can't believe that I have won a medal for the country at the Olympics. I was hoping for gold, but I am happy with bronze as well…”

He also said, "It was a speechless moment when I stood on the podium... from today, my next target will be to prepare for the 2028 Olympics and 2026 Asian Games.”

India has won five bronze medals in total in the Paris Olympics 2024. The medals include Manu Bhaker for Women's 10m air pistol shooting, Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh for Mixed team 10m air pistol shooting, Swapnil Kusale for Men's 50m rifle 3 positions shooting, Men's Hockey.

The Indian men's hockey team won by a 2-1 win against Spain in the playoffs, securing bronze. India won its first silver medal in Paris Olympics 2024 by Neeraj Chopra in javelin. India team in Paris Olympics 2024 that started on July 26 had a total of 117 Indian athletes, including five reserves. The event will end on August 11.