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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...
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Praveen Kumar wins bronze in Para Athletics Worlds, books 2024 Paris Paralympics berth | More sports News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Ace Indian para athlete Praveen Kumar booked 2024 Paris Paralympics berth after winning a bronze in the men's high jump T64 event at the World Para Athletics Championships.The 20-year-old Praveen came up with a season's best effort of 2.01m to finish third behind Lepiato Maciej (2.05m) of Poland and Broom-Edwards Jonathan (2.05m) of Great Britain in Paris.Praveen, who had won a silver in the Tokyo Paralympics, won India's first medal at the championships.The top-four ranked athletes at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in each of the individual medal events qualify for the 2024 Paralympic Games, also to be held in Paris.T44 classification is for athletes with a leg deficiency, leg length difference, impaired muscle power or impaired passive range of movement in the ...
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Ekta Bhyan qualifies for World Para Athletics Championships with Asian record, Indian para athletes win 7 medals in Dubai GP | More sports News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Seasoned para-athlete Ekta Bhyan qualified for the World Para Athletics Championships with a record throw in women’s club F51 event as the Indian team returned home with seven medals from the Dubai World Para Athletics Grand Prix.The Indian contingent, which included several youngsters making their international debut in Dubai, clinched four silver and two bronze medals including Bhyan’s Asian record at the Dubai Club for people of determination grounds.There were altogether seven world records and 45 regional records, making the event a great success.In the medals standings, China returned to international competition after two years with a bang, finishing on top with 102 medals that included 42 gold medals, followed by Ukraine (11 golds) and Uzbekistan (9 gold). India finis...