Prime Minister Narendra Modi Indian ambassador to the Paris 2024 Paralympics on Wednesday wished the Indians all the best and said the courage and determination of each athlete is a source of inspiration for the entire nation. The 2024 Paralympics will begin on August 28 and conclude on September 8.
“140 million Indians want our contingent to be in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games “The best of all. The courage and determination of each athlete is a source of inspiration for the entire nation. Everyone is rooting for them to succeed,” he wrote in X.
India has sent an 84-member contingent, including 32 women, to the Paris Paralympics. The figure shows a significant increase over its Tokyo 2020 contingent and is the largest Indian team ever to attend the Paralympics.
140 million Indians want our contingent in Paris #Paralympic Games 2024 the best.
The courage and determination of each athlete is a source of inspiration for the entire nation.
Everyone is rooting for them to succeed. #Cheer4Bharat
– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 28, 2024
India will compete in three new sports – Para-cycling, Para-rowing and Blind Judo – at the Paris Paralympics, expanding the country’s participation to 12 events. In total, the games will feature players and athletes in 22 sports disciplines.
The 2020 Tokyo Paralympics were the most successful for India, which won 19 medals, including five gold, eight silver and six bronze.
He The sporting summer in Paris begins its final chapter The opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games will take place on Wednesday. More than 4,000 athletes with physical, visual and intellectual disabilities will compete in 22 sports over the next 11 days.
Organizers are promising a spectacular spectacle to open the Games. Once again, the event will be held outside the confines of a stadium, but unlike the rain-soaked Olympic opening ceremony, which included a boat parade down the River Seine, the Paralympic ceremony will take place exclusively on land, with athletes marching down the famous Champs-Élysées to the ceremony on the Place de la Concorde. More than 2 million of the 2.8 million tickets for the Paris Paralympics have been sold.
The competition begins on Thursday with the awarding of the first medals in taekwondo, table tennis and track cycling. The athletes are grouped by disability level to ensure the most equal playing field possible. Only two sports on the programme, goalball and boccia, do not have an Olympic equivalent.
(With contributions from agencies)
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