India in Paralympics History: After the Paris Olympics, the eyes of the fans are on Paralympics 2024. Paralympics 2024 is starting from 28 August. At the same time, this mega event will run till 8 September. India has sent a team of 84 athletes for Paralympics 2024. But do you know when the Paralympics took place for the first time and how has been the performance of Indian athletes? Actually, till now there have been editions of Paralympics, in which Indian athletes have won 31 medals. This time Indian athletes will present their claim in 12 sports.
Bhagyashree Jadhav and Sumit Antil will be the flag bearers of India
This is India’s largest contingent in the Paralympics so far. However, Bhagyashree Jadhav and Sumit Antil will be the flag bearers of India in the Paris Paralympics. Earlier, 54 athletes participated in the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 and won a record 19 medals. In the Tokyo Paralympics, Bhavina Patel became the first Indian table tennis player to win a medal in Para Games. This player won the silver medal. However, this time Indian athletes will try to repeat the record.
Indian athletes will present their claim in these games…
Let us tell you that Indian athletes will present their claim in 12 sports in Paris Paralympics. Indian athletes will compete to win medals in these 12 sports. Apart from para badminton, it includes para canoeing, para archery, para athletics, para cycling, blind judo, para powerliftings, para shooting, para table tennis, swimming and para taekwondo. Earlier in Tokyo Paralympics, Indian athletes had won 8 silver medals and 6 bronze medals apart from 5 gold medals. This time it is believed that the number of medals of India may increase. However, it will be interesting to see how many medals Indian athletes are able to win…
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