Sumit Antil, the reigning champion in javelin throw, and Bhagyashri Jadhav, a outstanding shot-put athlete, have been chosen to hold India’s flag in the course of the opening ceremony of the Paris Paralympics 2024. The announcement was made on the send-off occasion for the Indian contingent on Friday.
The Paralympic Video games, scheduled from August 28 to September 8, shall be held on the similar venues because the Olympics that concluded within the French capital on August 11.
India is sending its largest contingent ever to the Paralympics, with 84 athletes set to compete. This marks a considerable progress from the 54 individuals who represented the nation in Tokyo.
Reigning males’s Javelin Throw Paralympics champion within the F64 class, Sumit additionally gained the title in the identical occasion on the Para-Athletics World Championships in Might.
Sandeep, aged 25, holds the world file in males’s javelin (F64). In the course of the earlier World Championships, he secured the gold medal with a throw of 70.83m, which was the world file at the moment.
Later, on the Hangzhou Asian Para Video games, Antil surpassed his personal file by reaching a distance of 73.29m, clinching one other gold medal.
Bhagyashri, in the meantime, secured a silver medal within the shot put F34 class on the 2022 Asian Para Video games. She additionally competed within the Tokyo Paralympics, the place she completed seventh.
In Might of this yr, Bhagyashri gained one other silver medal in Girls’s Shot Put F34 on the Para-Athletics World Championships.
The Paralympic Video games, scheduled from August 28 to September 8, shall be held on the similar venues because the Olympics that concluded within the French capital on August 11.
India is sending its largest contingent ever to the Paralympics, with 84 athletes set to compete. This marks a considerable progress from the 54 individuals who represented the nation in Tokyo.
Reigning males’s Javelin Throw Paralympics champion within the F64 class, Sumit additionally gained the title in the identical occasion on the Para-Athletics World Championships in Might.
Sandeep, aged 25, holds the world file in males’s javelin (F64). In the course of the earlier World Championships, he secured the gold medal with a throw of 70.83m, which was the world file at the moment.
Later, on the Hangzhou Asian Para Video games, Antil surpassed his personal file by reaching a distance of 73.29m, clinching one other gold medal.
Bhagyashri, in the meantime, secured a silver medal within the shot put F34 class on the 2022 Asian Para Video games. She additionally competed within the Tokyo Paralympics, the place she completed seventh.
In Might of this yr, Bhagyashri gained one other silver medal in Girls’s Shot Put F34 on the Para-Athletics World Championships.
