Navdeep Singh's gold, Simran Sharma's bronze take India's Paralympic tally to 29

Navdeep Singh wins gold in javelin throw, Simran secures bronze in 200m sprint at Paralympics.

There was no stopping India's inspired run at the Paralympic Games with javelin thrower Navdeep Singh striking an unparalleled gold in the F41 classification and visually impaired sprinter Simran clinching the women's 200m (T12) bronze here on Saturday.

Navdeep, who competes in the classification meant for athletes of short stature, originally ended with a silver after he upstaged world record holder Sun Pengxiang of China with a 47.32m throw.

However, that was upgraded to an unprecedented gold after Iran's Sadegh Beit Sayah was disqualified for repeatedly displaying an objectionable flag. Pengxiang (44.72m) finished with a silver.

Sayah had managed to nose ahead of the field with a new Paralympic record of 47.64m in his penultimate throw but lost the medal owing to his antics.

The International Paralympic Committee rules bar athletes from making any political gestures at the event and Sayah was thrown out of the final results for unsporting/improper conduct.

Navdeep, who hails from Panipat which is the home town of two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra, said he was inspired by the superstar to pick the sport.

"When Neeraj bhai broke the junior world record, I thought, he is also from our town and I could also do it," he said.