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India's Devendra Jhajharia won the silver medal in the men's javelin throw - F46 final event on Monday at the Tokyo Paralympics with his best throw of 64.35, while Sundar Singh Gurjar won the bronze medal in the same event with his best throw of 64.01. The duo took India's total medal tally at the Paralympics 2020 Games to seven.

Jhajharia started the event with two average throws of just over 60m mark, but then his third throw went 64.35m, reigniting hopes of a medal. The fourth and fifth throw from the Indian para-athlete were registered as fouls and the final one was registered at 61.23m.

Sundar, too, started slow but registered a throw above the 64m mark in his fifth attempt to get into the medal contention.

Devendra Jhajharia Tokyo Paralympics 2020

The third Indian javelin thrower in the final Ajeet Singh finished in the 8th position in the final.

The F46 classification is for athletes with arm deficiency, impaired muscle power or impaired passive range of movement in arms, with athletes competing in a standing position.

The 40-year-old Jhajahria, already India's greatest Paralympian after winning gold medals in the 2004 and 2016 Games, pulled off a new personal best throw of 64.35m for the silver.


Devendra Jhajharia happy to have fulfilled late father's dream of him winning 'hat-trick' of Paralympic medals . Devendra Jhajharia said that he never doubted his chances of winning a medal even when his first two throws didn't quite hit the mark and that he is now thrilled to meet his daughter after a long time.

Delighted to see our Paralympians bring more glory to the nation!

Yogesh Kathuniya wins silver in discus throw, Devendra Jhajharia and Sundar Singh Gurjar bags silver and bronze respectively in javelin throw.

Congratulations! Every Indian is celebrating your success.

— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) August 30, 2021

Superb performance by @DevJhajharia! One of our most experienced athletes wins a Silver medal. Devendra has been making India continuously proud. Congratulations to him. Best of luck for his future endeavours. #Paralympics pic.twitter.com/204B90fXbv

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 30, 2021

A third #Paralympics medal would not have been possible without the support of my family, my team, and coach Sunil who has been my pillar since 10 years. I would also like to thank @ParalympicIndia, @DeepaAthlete, @Media_SAI, @OGQ_India for being such a fantastic support system. pic.twitter.com/pnFtwqAC27

— Devendra Jhajharia (@DevJhajharia) August 31, 2021

Devendra bhai sahab: you are such an inspiration to all of us ! Congratulations on your 3rd #Paralympics medal! Many congratulations to Sundar bhai also for winning a @DevJhajharia @SundarSGurjar pic.twitter.com/eiKxNPfAvM

— Neeraj Chopra (@Neeraj_chopra1) August 30, 2021