Indian athletes clinched a record haul of 29 medals at the Paris Paralympics Games 2024. The athletes made the Indians proud with seven gold, nine silver and 13 bronze medals at the Paris Summer Games. IOC member Nita Ambani sent her congratulatory messages after the completion of the event.
India enjoyed its best-ever outing in the history of the Paralympics in Paris. Pooja Ojha is the only Indian who will be in action at the Games on September 8, Sunday in the Women's Kayak Singles 200m KL1 semifinals.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Indian champion athletes for winning medals at the Paris Paralympic Games 2024. He made a phone call to another set of athletes, sending them congratulatory messages.
Harvinder Singh and Preethi Pal starred for the Indian contingent at the ongoing Paris Paralympics 2024. Harvinder bagged a gold in men's recurve, while Preethi clinched two bronze medals in the track events. Both the athletes have been named India's flag-bearers for the closing ceremony.
Ajeet Singh and Sundar Singh Gurjar won silver and bronze medals respectively in the men's javelin throw T46 final and officially took India past the Tokyo medal haul. India had won a total of 19 medals in the previous Games which was the best ever performance then.
Sharad Kumar had clinched a bronze medal in the previous edition of the Paralympics. He has now backed that with another medal, this time a silver in the Paris Paralympic Games.
Nithya Sre Sivan blew away Indonesia's Rina Marlina to clinch the bronze medal in the women's singles SH6 event at the ongoing Paris Paralympic Games 2024. Nithya won the medal match in straight games and gave no chance to her opponent in the 23-minute match.
Sumit Antil has set a new Paralympic record in the men's Javelin F64 event at the Paris Paralympics 2024. Sumit clinched his second gold medal in successive Paralympic Games. Two more Indians were in the fray but could not finish in the top three.
Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar became the first Indian pair to win an archery medal at the Paralympic Games. The Indian duo defeated an Italian pair to win the bronze medal in Paris.
The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called medal winners at the Paris Paralympic Games to extend his wishes to them. Modi spoke to several athletes on a phone call and congratulated them for their success at the ongoing Paris Paralympics.
Manisha Ramadass defeated Mamiko Toyoda in the SU5 quarterfinals to make her way into the semifinals at the Paris Paralympics 2024. She will be facing compatriot Thulasimathi Murugesan in the last four clash as India have been assured of another medal at the Summer Games.
The Indian contingent will be eyeing to register its best-ever medal haul at the Paris Paralympics 2024. India has sent its largest-ever contingent of 84 athletes for the Paralympics 2024. Here are India's top medal contenders for the Games.
India is sending its largest contingent for the upcoming Paralympic Games 2024. A total of 84 athletes will represent the nation in Paris for the Paralympics. The PCI has also released an official anthem for ahead of the Games.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned that his government is imparting special training to para-athletes to enable them to win medals for the country in the Paralympics during his Independence Day address.
Indian para-badminton players Bhagat and Kadam are set to undergo training in different countries in Europe for the next two months.
India had returned with its best-ever performance from the Tokyo Paralympics, winning 19 medals -- five gold, eight silver, six bronze. The country's previous best tally at one edition of the Paralympic Games was four.
After Neeraj Chopra's historic performance at the Tokyo Olympics, javelin throwers have been in the limelight.
There is no cap on the number of athletes for the opening ceremony but only seven Indian participants have reached Tokyo so far.
Para-athletes are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows athletes to compete against others with a similar level of ability.
Yathiraj, a bronze medallist at the 2018 Asian Para Games, said that he's confident of bagging a medal in Tokyo.
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