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Prachi Yadav became the first Indian to win a para canoe gold in the Asian Para Games as she led the countryrsquos medal rush for the second consecutive day here on TuesdayIndia won 17 medals on Tuesday including three gold taking the total tally to 34 in the first two days of competition India had won 17 medals including six gold on MondayIndia ended Day 2 placed fifth in the standings one spot down from Monday with nine gold 12 silver and 13 bronze behind China 165 66 gold 53 silver 46 bronze Iran 47 Japan 45 and Uzbekistan 38Second medal for PrachiPrachi who had won a silver in canoe VL2 category on Monday bagged her second medal of the Games as she picked up a gold in KL2 event Deepthi Jeevanji womenrsquos T20 400m and Neeraj Yadav menrsquos F545556 discus throw were the other gold medal winnersAlso Read Asian Para Games 2023 India off with a bangSharathrsquos gold not countedSharath Shankarappa Makanahalli won the menrsquos T13 5000m event and his gold was initially counted and included in Indiarsquos medal tally But the number of Indiarsquos gold medals was reduced to nine as there were only two competitors in the eventUnder the Asian Paralympics Committee rulebook it is up to the technical delegate to award medals in cases where there are less than three competitorsPrachi 28 who is paralysed below the waist clocked 54962 to cover the 500m distance and win gold in the KL2 event meant for athletes who propel themselves with their arms and partial trunk and leg function She hails from GwaliorDeepthi then won a gold in womenrsquos T20 category 400m racemdashmeant for athletes with intellectual impairmentmdashwith the Games and Asian record timing of 5669 secondsYadav wins in discus throwIndians swept all the three medals in menrsquos F545556 discus throw event with Neeraj Yadav winning the gold with the Games and Asian record distance of 3856m Yogesh Kathuniya 4213m and Muthuraja 3506m were second and third respectivelyRavi Rongali menrsquos F40 shot put Parmod menrsquos T46 1500m Ajay Kumar menrsquos T64 400m and Simran Sharma womenrsquos T12 100m clinched a silver each from the track Rakesh Bhaira picked a bronze in menrsquos T46 1500m eventIn para shooting Rudransh Khandelwal and Manish Narwal bagged a silver and bronze respectively in the P1 menrsquos 10m air pistol SH1 event while Rubina Francis bagged a bronze in the P2 womenrsquos 10m air pistol SH1 categoryThe bronze medal winners on the day were Manish Kaurav menrsquos KL3 canoe who is the husband of Prachi Ashok menrsquos 65kg powerlifting Gajendra Singh menrsquos VL2 canoe and Ekta Bhayan womenrsquos F3251 club throwThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever