Navdeep Singh awarded gold after disqualification of Iranian athlete at Paris Paralympics

India’s javelin thrower, Navdeep Singh, wins a historic gold medal for India in the Men’s Javelin Throw F41 event at the ongoing Paris Paralympics. The event took place at Stade de France on Saturday. The athlete from Haryana achieved the best throw of 47.32m.

He had to settle for silver, but now, Iranian athlete Beit Sayah Sadegh has been disqualified, resulting in the silver medal being upgraded to gold. This is the first-ever gold medal in the Men’s Javelin F41 category.

🏅 Navdeep Strikes Gold! 🇮🇳

Earlier awarded the silver medal, Navdeep has now been crowned with the gold medal in the Men’s Javelin Throw – F41 Final with a personal best of 47.32m! Following the disqualification of Sadegh Beit Sayah from Iran, Navdeep takes the top spot, and… pic.twitter.com/3NNxXU3lCb

— Paralympic Committee of India (@PCI_IN_Official) September 7, 2024

Why did the Iranian disqualified?

The Iranian athlete was disqualified for violating rule 8.1 of the International Paralympic Committee’s code of conduct, which addresses “unsporting or improper conduct”. He received two yellow cards, resulting his disqualification with the red card.

Rule 8.1 says, “World Para Athletics (WPA) is committed to maintaining the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and conduct in the sport of Para athletics. All participants in the sport, including athletes, coaches, officials, and administrators, have a responsibility to uphold these standards and ensure that the sport is conducted in a fair, honest, and transparent manner.”

First Paralympic medal for Navdeep Singh

This is Navdeep Singh’s first-ever Paralympic medal. Earlier, in the Tokyo Paralympics, he missed a medal by coming fourth in the javelin throw event. In his career, he won gold at the Asian Youth Para Games and the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in 2021.

India’s 29th medal at Paralympics

This is India’s 29th medal at the Paris Paralympics. India has now secured 7 gold, 9 silver, and 13 bronze medals at the event. In the Tokyo Paralympics, India won 19 medals, but this time, they made history by winning more than 25 medals.

India’s medallists so far at Paris Paralympics

Medal	Athlete(s)	Event	Sport
Gold	Avani Lekhara	R2 Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1	Shooting
Gold	Nitesh Kumar	Men’s Singles SL3	Badminton
Gold	Sumit Antil	Men’s Javelin Throw F64	Athletics
Gold	Harvinder Singh	Men’s Individual Recurve Open	Archery
Gold	Dharambir	Men’s Club Throw – F51	Athletics
Gold	Navdeep Singh	Men’s Javelin Throw F41	Athletics
Silver	Manish Narwal	P1 Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1	Shooting
Silver	Nishad Kumar	Men’s High Jump T47	Athletics
Silver	Yogesh Kathuniya	Men’s Discus Throw F56	Athletics
Silver	Thulasimathi Murugesan	Women’s Singles SU5	Badminton
Silver	Suhas Yathiraj	Men’s Singles SL4	Badminton
Silver	Sharad Kumar	Men’s High Jump T63	Athletics
Silver	Ajeet Singh Yadav	Men’s Javelin Throw F46	Athletics
Silver	Sachin Khilari	Men’s Shot Put F46	Athletics
Silver	Pranav Soorma	Men’s Club Throw – F51	Athletics
Bronze	Mona Agarwal	R2 Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1	Shooting
Bronze	Preethi Pal	Women’s 100m T35	Athletics
Bronze	Preethi Pal	Women’s 200m T35	Athletics
Bronze	Rubina Francis	P2 Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1	Shooting
Bronze	Manisha Ramadass	Women’s Singles SU5	Badminton
Bronze	Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar	Mixed Team Compound Open	Archery
Bronze	Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan	Women’s Singles SH6	Badminton
Bronze	Deepthi Jeevanji	Women’s 400m T20	Athletics
Bronze	Mariyappan Thangavelu	Men’s High Jump T63	Athletics
Bronze	Sundar Singh Gurjar	Men’s Javelin Throw F46	Athletics
Bronze	Kapil Parmar	Men -60 kg J1	Judo
Bronze	Hokato Hotozhe Sema	Men’s Shot Put – F57	Athletics
Bronze	Simran Sharma	Women’s 200m T12	Athletics