India's Para Sports Contingent Made History With 111 Asiad Medals

Indian para-athletics squad created history at the Hangzhou Asian Games with a record 111 medals win ended in China on 28 October 2023. This is the first time the Indian para sports contingent historic won more than 100 medals in both, 'the General and Para Games,' formats of the Asian games. 

India's Historic Medals Tally in Asiad [Credit-Mid-Day]

First time in The Indian Para Sports History:

It is also the first time the Indian para sports contingent has won 111 medals in any grand multisport events. India's medals tally crossed 100 for the first time in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, with a total of 101 medals, held in New Delhi. Another milestone was touched with 107 medals in recently held the Asian Games general format.

India won  29 gold, 32 silver, and 51 bronze medals and ranked in 5th position. China regained the first, Japan 2nd, Iran 3rd, and South Korea 4th. India has shown gradual progress in its ranking in the Para Asian Games since its inception in 2010.

Indian Para-Athlete Teams [Credit-Sports Tiger.com]

India's Historic 100 Medals Tally in Asian Games

Major achievements by The Indian Para Sports Contingent Historic W in Asian Games:

1). India has sent the largest-ever para-contingent, 303 athletes [191 male and 112 female], in this event. 

2). Women athletes grabbed 40 medals out of 111 which is the 36% to total count.

3). Indian para-athletes broke three world records in the event. Sunder Singh Gurjar and Sumit Antil in different categories of Men's Javelin and the men's compound archery team.

4). The para-badminton team won a maximum of 21 medals including 4 golds, 4 silver, and 13 bronze.

5). The 'Golden Couple' Prachi Yadav and Manish Kaurav won three out of four medals for India in the maiden para canoe event.

India's Sports minister Anurag Singh Thakur applauded the athletes' hard work and performance. He ensured that the government would continue to support the para contingent through its sports policies of 'Khelo India and Target Olympic Podium Scheme [TOPS],' these continued to attract talent across the country.

Sports Minister Anurag Thakur [Credit-Smart City]

The Sports Minister added, "You will be happy to know that eight Khelo India athletes and 46 TOPS athletes participated at the Games and won a total of 38 medals out of 111. Also, the increase of the sports budget by three times as compared to 2014 has given us the ability to extend better support to all our athletes, be it in terms of coaches, training, foreign exposure, diet, infrastructure."
 

Paralympic Committee of India [PCI] President Deepa Malik hailed athletes and messaged the country that the para-athletes will sine in the 2024 Paris Paralympics. She remarked, "We have made history, our para-athletes have made the country proud. We will win more medals at the Paris Paralympics than in Tokyo."

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