Para Athletes

Gutsy Sidhartha Babu battles disability to hit the bull's eye

November 24, 2023

Gutsy Sidhartha Babu battles disability to hit the bull's eye

The 44-year-old clinched two medals at the National Shooting Championship in New Delhi competing with mainstream marksmen.

October 28, 2023
Asian Para Games: India end campaign with record medal haul

India ended fifth in the medals table.
October 27, 2023
Asian Para Games: Sheetal Devi makes history for India

The country's record haul swelled to 99 on the penultimate day of the competitions.
October 26, 2023
Asian Para Games: Keralite shooter Sidhartha Babu wins gold with record

Indian para athletes made history by winning the country's highest number of medals (80) in the Games.
June 16, 2022
Malayali para powerlifter Joby Mathew bags four gold medals in world championship

The 46-year-old secured the medals in the Masters' Category of the event being held at Pyeongtaek, Korea.
August 31, 2021
Paralympics: Mariyappan bags silver, Sharad takes bronze in high jump

India's Mariyappan Thangavelu cleared 1.86m while the American gold winner Sam Grewe succeeded in soaring above 1.88m in his third attempt.
August 29, 2021
Gujarat government announces Rs 3 crore reward for Bhavinaben Patel

Patel won a historic silver medal win at the Tokyo Paralympic Games.

July 18, 2018
How wheelchair-bound Ekta 'threw down' twin medals at para-athletic grand prix

Ekta Bhyan, a hard-willed civil servant from Haryana in India, won two medals at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix held in Tunisia recently.