THE TIMES OF INDIA | Oct 23, 2023, 10:59:30 IST
Asian Para Video games 2023: Tokyo Paralympics gold medallists Avani Lekhara and Sumit Antil might be well-known Bharat’s biggest-ever contingent as the rustic objectives for a report medal haul within the Para Asian Video games, which start right here on Sunday, a fortnight upcoming the able-bodied athletes accomplished ancient good fortune on the similar venue.
Superstar shooter Avani, who gained a gold and a bronze medal in Tokyo Paralympics, and javelin thrower Antil, who additionally clinched a yellow steel within the Jap capital in 2021, might be amongst a bunch of Indian medal contenders within the continental showpiece, which can proceed until October 28.
Any other para shooter Manish Narwal in addition to shuttlers Pramod Bhagat and Krishna Nagar, who all gained gold within the Tokyo Paralympics, might be a few of the 313 Indian athletes on the Hangzhou Para Asian Video games, probably the most in any version.
Bharat is taking part in 17 out of the 22 sports activities within the Hangzhou Para Asian Video games. The rustic is fielding athletes for the primary hour in rowing, canoeing, garden bowl, taekwondo and aimless soccer.
Just about 4,000 athletes from 43 nations might be competing throughout 22 sports activities in 566 gold-medal occasions within the Para Video games.
The Para Asian Video games had been at the start scheduled to remove playground from October 9-15, 2022 however had been suspension by way of a pace because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
China, who’ve crowned the medals desk by way of an amazing margin in each and every version thus far, are fielding 439 athletes. The host nation gained a whopping 319 medals (172 gold, 88 silver, 59 bronze) within the 2018 version.
The primary Para Asian Video games was once held in 2010 in Guangzhou, China, the place Bharat had completed fifteenth with 14 medals, together with one gold.
Within the 2014 and 2018 editions, Bharat had completed fifteenth and 9th respectively, and this hour, the rustic can be taking a look to travel up the medals desk, taking inspirations from the extraordinary good fortune accomplished by way of their able-bodied opposite numbers.
With 51 of the 54 athletes who took section within the Tokyo Paralympics competing in Hangzhou, Bharat is hoping for its best-ever medal haul right here. Bharat gained 72 medals (15 gold, 24 silver, 33 bronze) in 2018 Para Asian Video games, the most productive thus far.
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