Indian para athletes earn 17 quota places for Paris Games, record best ever finish at World Championship | More sports News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Led by Paralympic champion Sumit Antil’s world record show, the Indian team returned home from the Paris 2023 World Para Athletics Championships with 10 medals, that included three gold, and 17 quota places for the Paris 2024 Paralympics.This was India’s best-ever show at a World Para Athletics Championships surpassing the mark at Dubai 2019 Worlds that had nine medals. India had five medals in World Para Athletics Championships London 2017. Not just by medals, new stars emerged at Paris 2023 who registered their personal best, won their first ever medals and joined the seasoned names among the top performers. There were women winners too, who won both medals and quotas, to leave a mark at the championships.Antil, who competed in his first major competition since his record-b...