Simran Sharma battled exhaustion and a stiff back to turn in an inspired performance on her way to clinching the women's 200m T12 silver on a hot and humid evening as India finished their World Para Athletics Championships with a record 22 medals, Sunday.
On a day of high drama, when India won three silver and a bronze to finish with six gold, nine silver and seven bronze, women's 100m T35 athlete Preethi Pal showed mental fortitude in ample measure to win silver after a starter pistol malfunction saw her compete twice in stifling conditions.
Paris Paralympics gold medallist in F41 javelin event Navdeep Singh, favourite to win gold on home turf, also settled for silver as India finished 10th on the medals table -- a big disappointment as the hosts could have easily finished fourth had Navdeep and high jumper Praveen Kumar lived up to their top billing.
Men's 200m T44 athlete Sandeep then unexpectedly won bronze with a personal best time of 23.60 seconds to give India some more reason to celebrate.