Navdeep Singh registered his personal-best record to clinch a gold medal at the Paris Paralympics 2024 on Saturday, September 7. Navdeep recorded a 47.32m throw in the men's javelin throw F41 class event to bring India's 29th medal at the 17th Summer Para Games.
The 23-year-old Navdeep, who came fourth at Tokyo Paralympics, finished second in Paris with a new Personal Best throw of 47.32m, which came in his third attempt.
The silver was later upgraded to gold after Iran’s Sadegh Beit Sayah was disqualified after a second yellow card. The Iranian had thrown a new Paralympic Record throw of 47.64m which came in the penultimate round. China’s Sun Pengxiang, with 44.72m, took the silver medal ahead Wildan Nukhaikawi of Iraq.
