SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 17 September 2025, Shift 1 · General Awareness · Question 8 of 100

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Who won India’s first Paralympic medals in the women’s 200m T12 and men’s javelin throw F41 events at Paris 2024?

(a)Simran (bronze, 200m T12) and Navdeep Singh (gold, javelin F41)
(b)Navdeep Singh (bronze, 200m T12) and Simran (gold, javelin F41)
(c)Simran (silver, 200m T12) and Navdeep Singh (gold, javelin F41)
(d)Navdeep Singh (gold, 200m T12) and Simran (bronze, javelin F41)

Answer

Why

Correct — A. Both medals came at Paris 2024 on 7 September 2024.

Simran Sharma ran the women's 200m T12 with her guide Abhay Singh and took bronze in 24.75 s.

Navdeep Singh finished second in the men's javelin F41, then his silver was upgraded to gold when Iran's Sadegh Beit Sayah was disqualified: option (a).

Why the others are wrong

(b)
Navdeep Singh (bronze, 200m T12) and Simran (gold, javelin F41) — It swaps the athletes. Simran is the sprinter, in the 200m T12, and Navdeep Singh is the F41 javelin thrower, whose medal was gold.
(c)
Simran (silver, 200m T12) and Navdeep Singh (gold, javelin F41) — The pairing is right but the colour is wrong. Simran finished third, behind Cuba's Omara Durand and Venezuela's Alejandra Pérez, so she won bronze, not silver.
(d)
Navdeep Singh (gold, 200m T12) and Simran (bronze, javelin F41) — It reverses the events. Navdeep Singh won his gold in the javelin F41, and Simran won bronze in the women's 200m T12.

Concept

Para-athletics classes pair a letter with a number. T marks track events and F field events. The number gives the impairment group: T11–T13 are for visually impaired athletes, and F40–F41 for athletes of short stature.

T12 sprinters may run with a sighted guide; Simran ran with Abhay Singh. The Paris 2024 Paralympics ran from 28 August to 8 September 2024.

Navdeep's medal changed colour after the final: he finished second, and the winner's disqualification made his result gold.

Key facts

Simran Sharma won bronze in the women's 200m T12 at Paris 2024 in 24.75 s, guided by Abhay Singh.
Navdeep Singh's men's javelin F41 silver was upgraded to gold after Iran's Sadegh Beit Sayah was disqualified.
Both finals were held on 7 September 2024.
In para-athletics, T denotes track events and F denotes field events.

Study next

India's Paris 2024 Paralympic medallists by sportPara-athletics classes: T11–T13, F40–F41, F64

Common traps

Remembering Navdeep's medal as silver: it was upgraded to gold after the Iranian winner's disqualification.
Swapping T and F: T is track, F is field.

Here two athletes must be paired with their events and medal colours. Paris 2024 Paralympic medals also appear at 12 Sep 2025, 16:00, GA Q.6 and 14 Sep 2025, 12:30, GA Q.5 (both para archery).

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