India wins 2-Silver, 4-Bronze medals on opening day of Para Asian Games at Jakarta

India opened its Para Asian Games campaign in style by bagging two silver and four bronze medals on an opening day in Jakarta.
The men's badminton team opened the country's medal account after narrowly losing to Malaysia 1- 2 in the semi-finals to settle for a bronze.
In the 49 kg men’s powerlifting event, Farman Basha claimed the silver and Paramjeet Kumar won the bronze.
The gold went to Pia Laophalkdee of Laos for his effort of 133 kg.
The medals continued to come India's way as swimmers Devanshi Satijawon picked up a silver in women's 100-meter butterfly and Suyash Jadhav clinched the bronze in the men's 200-meter individual medley.
The Boccia team, which is competing for the first time at the Asian Para Games, also emerged victorious as they got the better of hosts Indonesia in their first group match 5-3.
In chess, all the Indians won their ties.

Published On : 08 Oct 2018