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Indian contingent secured 18th rank by winning highest ever medals totalling 29 at just concluded Paris Paralympics 2024. Heartiest congratulations to all the medal winners and entire Indian contingent and it's support teams. This has been greatest show so far by Indian Team Now more about Paralympics : The word “Paralympic” derives from the Greek preposition “para” (beside or alongside) and the word “Olympic”. Its meaning is that Paralympics are the parallel Games to the Olympics and illustrates how the two movements exist side-by-side. Paralympic athletes/sportspersons have an impairment in body structures and functions that lead to a competitive disadvantage in sport. What is the motto of Paralympic? The symbol reflects the Paralympic Motto, “Spirit in Motion,” representing the strong will of every Paralympian. The Paralympic Symbol also emphasises the fact that Paralympic athletes are constantly inspiring and exciting the world with their performances: always moving forward and never giving up. Finally the message for all : While majority of us who are able bodied keep complaining and giving excuses for our failures and our sub- standard performance whereas we have these paralympians who compete at international levels and bring laurels to the country. What is important in life is that "fighting spirit" , that "fire in the belly" to succeed...

🥇 Dr. Harvinder Singh, literally shot his way to glory by shooting 3 perfect 10s at the end, to become the first Indian archer to ever win a Paralympic gold medal 🤩 At the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics, he became the first Indian archer to ever a win a Paralympic medal, but tonight he has outdone himself and set the bar very high. And it's not just the colour of the medal and it's impact on India's medal tally position, but the way he went about the entire campaign this evening. Quiet confidence, absolute focus, no brazen celebrations and a rather studious demeanour. It was a slow & steady start but he peaked brilliantly, a mark of a champion character. Last Thursday, he started at the 9th position in the ranking rounds with 637 points under his belt. He breezed past his Chinese Taipei & Indonesian counterparts in the elimination rounds with ease, winning them 7-3 and 6-2 respectively. His Columbian & Iranian counterparts didn't bother him much in the quarters and semk-finals either with him winning those matches with margins of 4 sets each. He faced Poland's Lucasz Ciszek in the finals, who was 3 positions higher on the rankings table, but the Polish opponent didn't offer much of a threat on this occasion and Dr. Harvinder finished off the game in style with three 10s and lapped the match 6-0. Incase you were wondering where does his studious behaviour come from and why do I refer to him with the "Dr." prefix? Well that's because the man has a PhD in labour reforms from Punjab University in Patiala and unlike many young students who find solace in sports and play to get away from one's academic headache, Harvinder found refuge in the library and in his textbooks to recover from a bad day in sport. After a very unfortunate episode of medical negligence that led to a severe impairment in his left leg as an 18 month old toddler, Harvinder mostly stayed indoors and focused on getting perfect scores in school. In fact his father says that the notion of scoring perfect X's in archery is also what got him interested in the sport in the first place! It's only post the London 2012 Olympic Games that he took a proper liking to archery and began with the compound format; he switched to recurve only in 2015 and his left leg impairment definitely was a big impediment to his progress. Jiwanjot Singh Teja & Gaurav Sharma, his coaches, worked with him to help him balance the load across both legs and to let the right leg overcompensate for the weakness in the left. He struggled for years but finally broke through in the international circuit with a gold medal 🥇 in the 2018 Jakarta Para Asian Games. He then went onto win a shoot-off against Korea to win bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and lifted the same coloured metals at the: 🥉 2022 Hangzhou Asian Para Games 🥉 Para Archery World Ranking in Czech 🥉 World Archery Oceania Grand Prix Continued below 👇

India ended its campaign at Paris Paralympics 2024 with a record 29 medals (beating even the best case projection of 25 by the pundits). Of the 29 medals that India clinched, 7 were gold medals, a first for the country in the history of the Paralympic Games. India better its tally from Tokyo Paralympics by 10 medals. This was a splendid performance from India beating top nations like Switzerland, Belgium, South Korea, Turkey, Argentina, etc. to finish the Paris Para Games among the top 20 countries in the world. It has been a stellar Paralympics for India – 29 medals don’t come easy, and speak of a revolution back home. From a solitary medal in 2012 to 29 just 12 years later is serious progress. The success is attributable to the emergence of women para athletes (winning 12 medals). Before the Paris games, Indian women para athletes had just won medals at the games. A rise in government and private funding along with CSR funding has led to increased participation numbers at the national level which has translated to better performance internationally. For the Paralympic movement to become all-encompassing and sustainable in India, we need to make sure they don’t disappear from the radar. It is not as if they will stop competing, and resurface four years later during the Paralympic Games in LA in 2028. They will compete at the World Championships, Asian Para Games, Commonwealth Games and many other competitions. And it is essential for us to stay with them and ensure media coverage. That’s how the masses will start to identify with them, and the Paralympics and para sport will then become mainstream. While we will all start to move to cricket once the season starts, it will be equally important to follow Olympic and Paralympic sport with the same passion. More coverage means more stories, and that will automatically translate into more corporate support and brand endorsements. With more investment, there will be more athletes that come to the fore, and the number of medals could well touch 40 at LA ’28. Paris 2024 has the potential to be Paralympics’ cricket WC 1983 moment. All of a sudden, there is talk of it everywhere. The PM has made calls to congratulate all the athletes, several felicitation programs and corporate signings have started to take place. We can’t just disappear thinking it is a job well done. The Paralympics don’t come every four years, they come every day, to paraphrase Abhinav Bindra. If we continue to back these men and women and the ones who will emerge on the scene in the next few years, there is every reason to believe India can make it to the top 10 of the medals tally at LA ’28. The foundation has been laid in Paris. Now it is time to build the superstructure, and make sure that the foundation is further strengthened. #paralympics #sports #india #achievement #progress

Japan’s Paralympians rides the momentum in Paris after the country finished third with the most overall medals in the Paris 2024 Games. 🥉🏅 This year they've won 14 gold medals, which is one more than the Tokyo Paralympics, and a total of 41 medals won in Paris with over 170 athletes competing in 21 sports.🥇 Many of Japan’s Paralympians are veterans who’ve previously won medals and were looking to beat their previous record (like the men's wheelchair rugby team) or defend their title (like Daiki Kajiwara in men's singles badminton event). 🏸 However, one-third of the athletes this year are debutants bringing home a medal for the first time. Teenager Tokito Oda competed in the wheelchair tennis event for the first time but already has a four-time Gand Slam championship, making him a favorite to follow and root for. 🎾 🎌 Read more about Japan's new era of Paralympians: https://bit.ly/47qGKD3 #Paralympics #Paris2024 #Japan #Olympics #OlympicGames #SummerOlympics #JapaneseAthletes #Tokyo2020

Facts about Olympics 2024 🤩 • What's the difference between Olympics and Paralympics? The Paralympics focus more on physical disabilities. The Olympics and Paralympics are about elite competition and specialization. • The Olympic flag is one of the symbols of the modern Olympic Games. It consists of five interlocking rings on a white background in different colors that indicate all the world's nations and is a symbol of the universality of the Olympic spirit. • The Olympic motto is (Citius, Altius, Fortius) It's a Latin expression that means: Faster, higher, stronger Henri Martin Didion is the father of this slogan. • The Olympics and Paralympics happen once every four years since 1896. • Paris 2024  will be held between 26 July - 11 August 2024 and will feature 329 events in 32 sports. • Flamd collection inspired by flame using black, white, and gold colors. • Flame name inspired of (Flame that buns inside every athlete) To help them overcome many obstacles, whether it's injury or doubts. • Lina Radke was the first to win a golden medal wearing Adidas shoes in Amsterdam in 1928. • For the first time, the "B-girls" team will be in the Olympics 2024 for the breakdance competition. • BMX freestyle for the first time in Olympics 2024. • Adidas partners with 9 Olympic teams and 6 Paralympic teams. • Turkey and Bahrain will be in the Olympics 2024 for the first time. • Noah Lyles was the first sprinter to get a golden medal. • Olympics campaign "You got this " #Adidas #Egypt #EMC #Olympics2024 #Olympicsnews #facts #Olympicsfacts

India's performance in the Olympics: 🇬🇧 London 2012 - 6 medals (2 Silver, 4 Bronze) 🇧🇷 Rio 2016 - 2 medals (1 Silver, 1 Bronze) 🇯🇵 Tokyo 2020 - 7 medals (1 Gold, 2 Silver, 4 Bronze) 🇫🇷 Paris 2024 - 10 (1 Gold, 3 Silver, 6 Bronze) ----------------------------------------------------------- India's performance in the Paralympics: 🇬🇧 London 2012 - 4 medals (1 Gold, 3 Bronze) 🇧🇷 Rio 2016 - 4 medals (2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze) 🇯🇵 Tokyo 2020 - 19 medals (5 Gold, 8 Silver, 6 Bronze) 🇫🇷 Paris 2024 - 29 (7 Gold, 9 Silver, 13 Bronze) ----------------------------------------------------------- Over the years, we've seen significantly greater tangible growth in our performances and medal tallies in the Paralympics than in the Olympics. The Olympics and athletes always receive better media coverage; they're discussed on the news often, are viral on social media and are more prevalent in tea-shop discussions. Yet, the less discussed Paralympics and para-athletes seem to be emerging as the quiet winners, delivering improved results for India. We're at the 71st spot in the Paris 2024 Olympics and 18th in the Paralympics. That number in Tokyo 2020 was 48 vs 24, and in Rio 2016 was 67 vs 43. While Paralympic performances have improved consistently (43->24->18), Olympic performances have swayed inconsistently (67->48->71). I wonder what the reasons for this disparity could be. Is it because the Olympics stage is saturated and harder to break into, and the Paralympics still has some way to go before it reaches saturation? Is it because of targeted schemes by the government? I tried looking this one up and found one scheme, The Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS), which was launched in 2014 and has since supported both Olympians and Paralympians. However, the breakdown of athletes under TOPS shows that while the scheme supports a large number of Olympians, it has been particularly impactful in boosting India's Paralympic performance. Thoughts? #Olympics #Paralympics #IndiaAtParis2024 #Paris2024

India’s Medal Triumph at the Paris Paralympics: A Golden Milestone! India's journey at the Paris Paralympics 2024 has been nothing short of extraordinary! Navdeep's incredible performance in the F41 men’s javelin throw event has brought India its 7th gold medal after a dramatic upgrade, while Simran’s remarkable sprint in the T12 200m secured her a well-deserved bronze. Navdeep initially finished second, but his silver was upgraded to gold after the disqualification of Iran’s Beit Sayah Sadegh, who was penalized for unsporting behavior. This makes Navdeep’s 47.32-meter throw not only a personal best but also a new Paralympic record! Simran, another star of the Games, clinched the bronze medal in the T12 200m race with a personal best time of 24.75 seconds, adding to India’s growing medal tally. Her story is one of grit and determination, overcoming her visual impairment and personal loss to become a beacon of inspiration. With a total of 29 medals, including 7 golds, India stands proud among the top-performing nations at the Games. These victories are a testament to the unwavering spirit of our athletes and the country's commitment to inclusivity in sports. Curious to know more about these inspiring journeys? Dive deeper into Navdeep’s golden throw and Simran’s incredible sprint by reading our latest post! ➡️ Read more about India’s Paralympic Triumph: https://lnkd.in/erfhRKXe #ParisParalympics2024 #IndiaShines #GoldMedal #BronzeMedal #Navdeep #Simran #Inspiration #Inclusivity #Sports #Paralympics #AthleteStories #LinkedInUpdates

Ukraine’s resilience shines through at the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics. Ukrainian athletes represented the unbreakable spirit, competing not just for medals but for the legacy of their fallen peers. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Ukraine ranked 22nd, securing 12 medals. However, only 140 Ukrainian athletes competed at the Olympic Games in Paris this year, the smallest number in the history of the country's participation in the games. More than 487 Ukrainian athletes, including past and aspiring Olympians, have been killed since russia's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, some countries were represented by athletes supporting russia's aggression or even naturalized russians to compete under their flags. At the Paralympics 2024, Ukraine ranked 7th, with 82 medals. Many Ukrainian Paralympians were soldiers injured in the war and two are still on the frontline. It is so hard to imagine how they felt while competing against "neutral" russian athletes... All previous trophies of the Paralympic Champion Oleksandr Komarov, who broke the Paralympic record this year, were burned in Mariupol. Nobody should ask, why he refused to make a photo with a russian swimmer, who won bronze... According to the organisers, Ukrainian flag on the helmet of a Ukraine-born American Paralympian and the statement "I am Ukrainian" on the boat of Ukrainian canoeist are "a potential propaganda"/ should be covered... #IamUkrainian💙💛 #Ukraine #Olympics2024 #Paralympics2024 #Resilience #StandForUkraine on the photo: Yaroslava Mahuchikh on 2024 Olympics (Ukrainian high jumper and women's high jump world record holder)

Sporting Series - 01 This Paralympics🏅, India sent a contingent of 84 athletes to Paris, the highest ever, compared to 54 in the last Paralympics held in Tokyo. Till now, India has also won the greatest number of medals in its history, with 25 medals, as detailed below. ♿Context: In the Paralympics, athletes are categorized based on their impairment. For e.g. sports such as athletics have the most number of event classes, for example—wheelchair races, lower limb prosthesis races, etc.—whereas sports like judo 🥋only accommodate athletes with a visual impairment. A change that I have personally observed this year is the surge in posts📲 people are writing about the Paralympics 2024. The Olympic wave hasn’t ended yet, it seems.🌊 Below are some stats about the Indian contingent at Paralympics '24: 1. In Paralympics '24, India has sent 84 athletes out of 4,400 total participants (1.91%), whereas in Olympics '24, India sent 117 athletes out of 10,500 total participants (1.11%). 2. India won 25 medals this year, compared to 4 medals in Paralympics Rio '16 and 19 in Paralympics Tokyo '20. 3. Out of the 25 medals, 24 were secured in 4 disciplines—athletics, shooting, archery, and badminton. But this got me pondering why we clinched more medals in the Paralympics compared to the Olympics. One might argue that the funding for our athletes increased from 26 crore in Paralympics Tokyo to 74 crore in Paralympics Paris; however, our athletes at the Olympics had a budget of over 470+ cr💰. Both had superior staff, facilities, coaches, etc. I believe this result for India is a blend of a different mindset and a focus on specific sports. I could go on about this topic, but I'll keep it brief! :D What do you think could be the reason? Starting this Monday, I'll be sharing a sports piece each week, drawing from my personal experiences! #paris2024 #paralympics

The countdown is on the 2024 Summer Paralympics runs between Wed, 28 Aug – Sun, 8 Sept 2024. We worked on the Atlanta and Sydney games, and have an affinity to this incredible event. We experienced some of our most important career defining moments on those jobs. 🏅📺 10 FACTS 1. This Paralympic Games is set to be the biggest ever broadcast on C4 - with over 1,300 hours of live sport. It will air for free across Channel 4, More4, Channel 4 Streaming and Channel 4 Sport’s YouTube. 2. The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, will be branded as 'Paris 2024'. 3. Its the 17th Summer Games. 4. You can watch Highlights with Josh Pugh and Gaz Choudhry daily from 10.30pm - 11.30pm. 5. There are 4,400 Paralympic athletes competing. 6. Wheelchair rugby is played with a round ball. 7. The first official edition was held in 1960 and was known as “The Stoke Mandeville Games” after the hospital of the same name. 8. Each Paralympic sport has its own system of classification, which helps to ensure fair and equal competition. Athletes are classified depending on the amount of impact their impairment has on their sporting performance. 9. Only three disciplines are open to athletes with an intellectual disability: para athletics, para swimming and para table tennis. 10. In blind football, players are blindfolded to ensure a fair and equal competition for all. #channel4 #c4 #paralympicsgb #paralympics2024 Credits : https://lnkd.in/e45upyb6 https://lnkd.in/eamSnbnA