7th Gold Medal For India In Paris As Navdeep Singh's Silver Gets Upgraded Due To THIS Reason

Navdeep Singh Wins Gold Medal: The Silver medal of Navdeep Singh has ben upgraded to Gold for THIS reason. Here are the details. Read below.

Navdeep Singh Wins Gold Medal: India's double delight at Paris Paralympics 2024 saw the nation win a Silver medal and a Bronze medal, but after the officials disqualified Iran's Sadageh Sayah Beit in the Men's Javelin Throw - F41 Final, the Silver medal of Navdeep Singh has now been upgraded to Gold.

With the decision, India have now bagged their 7th Gold medal at the Paris Paralympics 2024. What makes it even more astonishing is the fact that India won a total of 6 medals at the recently-concluded Paris Olympics 2024, and the Indian Para athletes have surpassed that mark just by their Gold medals.

India's record-breaking run at the Paris Paralympics 2024 have now seen them climb up to 16th in the Medals Tally and are behind Spain on the basis of Silver medal counts. The European nation has 10 Silver medals, in comparison to our 9.

Iran's Sadageh Sayah Beit Creates Controversy With 'Offensive' Gestures

The code of conduct shown by Iran's Sadageh Sayah Beit in the aftermath of winning the Gold medal in the Men's Javelin Throw - F41 Final was found to be offensive, threatening, and inappropriate, as the Para athlete made gestures citing 'slit of throat' and raised the flag of Hamas at the arena.

Now, as per the rule book, the officials have deemed the act 'Unsporting and Improper Conduct' and therefore, disqualify the Iranian on the basis of violation of R8.1 rule.