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The IndianOil 2025 World Para Athletics Championships in Delhi from September 27 will feature 2,200 athletes from 104 countries across 186 events, making it India’s largest para sporting event to date

"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.

Navdeep initially finished second behind Iran's Beit Sayah Sadegh, who set a Paralympic record with a throw of 47.65 meters. However, Navdeep's medal was upgraded to gold after the Iranian athlete was disqualified for violating rule 8.1 of the World Para Athletics Rules and Regulations (Code of Conduct and Ethics).

The 24-year-old Simran had a slow start in the Women's 200m T12 final but finished strong, securing third place. This marks India's first-ever medal in the Women's 200m T12 category and Simran's first Paralympic medal, earned on the penultimate day of the Games.

Hokato Hotozhe Sema won bronze for India in the men’s shot put F57 final on Saturday with a personal best throw of 14.65 meters. The Prime Minister expressed his pride in Sema’s achievement on X, calling it a "proud moment" for the nation.

Omara Elias Durand of Cuba won the gold medal with a season-best time of 11.81 seconds. Oksana Boturchuk of Ukraine secured the silver, finishing in 12.17 seconds, her best performance of the season, while Katrin Nueller-Rottgardt of Germany claimed the bronze with a time of 12.26 seconds.

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.

India's Kumar Nitesh clinched his maiden gold medal at the Paralympics, defeating Great Britain's Daniel Bethell in a gripping men's singles SL3 badminton final here on Monday.

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

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K T Rama Rao has extended his heartfelt congratulations to Indian para-athletes Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal for their outstanding performances at the Paris Paralympics. In a proud moment for Indian sports, Avani Lekhara clinched the gold medal in the Women’s 10m Air Rifle event, while Mona Agarwal […]

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.

Yathiraj, who is an IAS officer of the 2007 batch of Uttar Pradesh cadre and has served as District Magistrate of Gautam Buddha Nagar & Prayagraj, started the day with a defeat in the Mixed Doubles SL3-SU 5 partnering Palak Kohli.

In a proud moment for India, para-athletes Sumit Antil and Bhagyashri Jadhav led the country's largest-ever Paralympic contingent, consisting of 84 athletes competing in 12 different sports.

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

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