WATCH: Devendra Jhajharia's gold medal winning effort, heartwarming celebration

New Delhi: Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia created history after he became the first Indian to clinch two gold medals at the Paralympics.

In doing so, he shattered his own world record to bag the top honours at the Rio Games.

#Paralympics Men's Javelin - F46: @DevJhajharia breaks his own 2004 Athens Paralympics WR to win 2nd Paralympic gold pic.twitter.com/PzHOZQ7zFh — Reddit Indian Sports (@redditIndSports) September 13, 2016

Watch Devendra Jhajharia smash his own World Record and win his 2nd #Paralympics Gold! pic.twitter.com/7rI18btWVj — Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) September 14, 2016

Devendra, whose previous best was 62.15 metres (achieved in the 2004 Games), improved the mark with an attempt of 63.97 metres at the Olympic Stadium (Engenhao).

India now have two gold, one silver and one bronze in the ongoing edition of the Games.

(With PTI inputs)