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Bhavani, who lost her right arm in an accident, won a ‘golden double’ at the inaugural Women's World Para Athletics meet in Czech Republic. Her journey is a story of perseverance and dedication

India launched the mascot ‘Viraaj’ and official logo for the New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships, marking 100 days to go for the prestigious event expected to host over 2,500 athletes

Bhagyashree, India’s flag-bearer at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, has a target of winning a medal in the 2028 Los Angeles Paralympics in shotput and javelin

Navdeep says the event is an important platform for the continued growth of para athletes, and reflects the government's keen interest in promoting para sports in the country

"India is thrilled that our remarkable para-athletes have won 29 medals, marking our best performance ever at the Games. This success is a testament to their unwavering dedication and indomitable spirit. Their achievements have provided us with memorable moments and inspired many future athletes," he added.

Indian athletes continue to surpass expectations on yet another rewarding day at the quadrennial showpiece in Paris

After Deepthi Jeevanji claimed bronze in the women's 400m T20 race during her Paralympics debut, India added four more medals in Para-Athletics on Tuesday night. Two double-podium finishes pushed India's tally past its Tokyo total of 19 medals.

Another shuttler, Manisha Ramadass also assured India of a medal but star shooter Avani Lekhara missed out on repeating her medal-winning feat

Debutant Sukant thrashes Thailand's Teamarrom Siripong 21-12 21-12 to top group B and will clash with Suhas, a Tokyo silver medallist

She finished behind Iran's Sareh Javanmardi and Turkey’s Aysel Ozgan who collected the gold and silver medal respectively.

A 29-year-old IIT Mandi graduate, Nitesh, who had suffered a permanent damage to his leg due to an accident in 2009, outclassed Yang 21-5 21-11 in a dominating show.

More than 4,000 athletes with physical, visual and intellectual impairments will compete in 22 sports from Thursday until September 8

India won a record 19 medals, including five gold, in the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021 for a 24th-place finish in the overall rankings

A soldier of the craftsman rank in the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME) of the Indian army, Petkar suffered debilitating injuries when the army camp he was staying at in Srinagar came under aerial attack during the 1965 war with Pakistan.

The Tokyo gold medallist was handed a 18- month suspension for breaching BWF's anti-doping whereabout clause

Bhagat, the 33-year-old from Bhubaneswar who contracted polio at age four, defeated the Briton 21-14, 21-17, coming back from 4-9 deficit in the second game to claim his first gold medal

Tokyo: Harvinder Singh on Friday notched up India’s first ever archery medal in the Paralympics, holding his nerves to down Kim Min Su of Korea in a thrilling shoot-off for the men’s individual recurve bronze in the ongoing Games here. World No.23 Singh was the first athlete from India to win a gold medal at […]

Tokyo: India’s Praveen Kumar clinched the silver medal in the men’s high jump T64 event of the Paralympics, taking the country’s haul to 11 in the ongoing Games here on Friday. The 18-year-old Kumar, competing in his debut Paralympics, set a new Asian record with a 2.07m jump to finish behind Great Britain’s Jonathan Broom-Edwards, […]

Singhraj ended with a score of 216.8 in the final to finish behind Chinese duo Yang Chao (237.9) and Huang Xing (237.5)

Indeed, Avani is the first Indian female athlete to win a gold medal in either Olympics or the Paralympics