With excitement at a fever pitch, thousands of Paralympic athletes worldwide are gearing up to compete in 539 events across 22 sports.
The Prime Minister said that today's new India does not put pressure for medals on the athletes but expects them to give their best.
India will be fielding its largest ever contingent this year with 54 Paralympic athletes participating across nine sporting disciplines.
India's Paralympians have created history much before the normal athletes in Olympics.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, 19 Indian para-athletes took part in five sports clinching two Gold, one Silver, and one Bronze medal.
Tokyo Paralympics. Mariyappan Thangavelu, the 2016 Rio Gold Medalist in the men’s high jump High jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu scripted history by winning a Gold at the Rio Pa...
Palak and her partner Parul qualified for the SL3-SU5 Women’s Doubles event in para-badminton. This will be the first year that the event will take place in the Paralympics.
Even if the Olympics happens, the event might take place in empty stadiums amid rising COVID-19 cases, adds another official