Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha met and felicitated Paris 2024 Paralympics Bronze Medallists, Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar, at Raj Bhawan on Saturday.
The Indian archery pair of Rakesh Kumar and Sheetal Devi clinched the bronze medal in the mixed team compound event with a win over Eleonora Sarti and Matteo Bonnacina of Italy at the Paris Paralympics.
The Lt Governor congratulated the Para Archers from UT of J&K for their incredible performance at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.
Interacting with the para-archers Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar, the Lt Governor said that their hard work, dedication, and remarkable achievements in international games have made the nation proud.
"Your exceptional performance will inspire the young generation," the Lt Governor said while speaking to ANI.
The Lt Governor also felicitated the archery coach, Abhilasha Chaudhary, and extended his best wishes to the athletes and the coach for their future endeavours.
Anshul Garg, Chief Executive Officer, SMVDSB, and other senior officers of the Shrine Board were present on the occasion.
The Indian contingent concluded its historic Paris Paralympics campaign with a total of 29 medals, including seven gold, nine silver, and 13 bronze medals, the most by the country in the history of the competition.
A look at India's medalists at the Paris 2024 Paralympics:
-Avani Lekhara (Shooting, Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1, Gold)
-Mona Agarwal (Shooting, Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1, Bronze)
-Preethi Pal (Athletics, Women's 100m T35, Bronze)
-Manish Narwal (Shooting, Men's 10m air pistol SH1, Silver)
-Rubina Francis (Shooting, Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1, Bronze)
-Preethi Pal (Shooting, Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1, Bronze)
-Nishad Kumar (Athletics, Men's high jump T47, Silver)
-Yogesh Kathuniya (Athletics, Men's discus throw F56, Silver)
-Nitesh Kumar (Badminton, Men's singles SL3, Gold)
-Thulasimathi Murugesan (Badminton, Women's singles SU5, Silver)
-Manisha Ramadass (Badminton, Women's singles SU5, Bronze)
-Suhas Yathiraj (Badminton, Men's singles SL4, Silver)
-Rakesh Kumar / Sheetal Devi (Archery, Mixed team compound open, Bronze)
-Sumit Antil (Athletics, Javelin throw F64, Gold)
-Nithya Sre Sivan (Badminton, Women's singles SH6, Bronze)
-Deepthi Jeevanji (Athletics, Women's 400m T20, Bronze)
-Mariyappan Thangavelu (Athletics, Men's high jump T63, Bronze)
-Sharad Kumar (Athletics, Men's high jump T63, Silver)-Ajeet Singh (Athletics, Men's javelin throw F46, Silver)
-Sundar Singh Gurjar (Athletics, Men's javelin throw F46, Bronze)
-Sachin Khilari (Athletics, Men's shot put F46, Silver)
-Harvinder Singh (Archery, Men's individual recurve open, Gold)
-Dharambir (Athletics, Men's club throw F51, Gold)
-Parnav Soorma (Athletics, Men's club throw F51, Silver)
-Kapil Parmar (Judo, Men's -60kg J1, Bronze)
-Praveen Kumar (Athletics, Men's high jump T64, Gold)
-Hokato Hotozhe Sema (Athletics, Men's shot put F57, Bronze)
-Simran (Athletics, Women's 200m T12, Bronze)
-Navdeep Singh (Athletics, Men's javelin throw F41, Gold).
—ANI