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India concluded their historic Paris Paralympics campaign with 29 medals, including seven gold, nine silver, and 13 bronze medals, marking the country's best performance in the competition's history.
The 21-year-old from Noida, who was born with a short leg, produced a season best effort of 2.08m in the six-jumper field to finish on top of the podium.
Keralite Sidhartha finished 22nd with a total of 615.8 in the mixed 50m rifle prone (SH1) competition.
The 34-year-old Khilari achieved his best throw of the day in his second attempt to better his own Asian record.
The 29-year-old hurled the discus to 42.22m in his very first attempt to add to the silver he won in the Tokyo Paralympics three years ago.
Avani finished first in the women's 10m air rifle (SH1) shooting competition and had a bronze-winning Mona Agarwal for company on the podium in a historic double for the country.
Simran shaved off around one-fifth of a second from her earlier personal best of 25.16 seconds to win the gold.
Dharambir claimed a bronze medal in the men's club throw F51 category to take India's tally to 12 medals (five gold, four silver and three bronze) and maintain their third spot in the standings behind China (18-16-14) and Brazil (17-8-5).
India's tally has now swelled to 10 medals -- four gold, four silver and two bronze.
Yogesh Kathuniya added a silver in men's F56 category discus throw with an effort of 41.80 metres.
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