India achieved their most successful performance in Paralympic history at the Paris 2024 Games, securing a total of 29 medals - seven gold, nine silver, and 13 bronze. This achievement surpasses the 19-medal haul from Tokyo 2020, which included five golds.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The record haul also meant that India crossed the 50-medal mark in their Paralympic history after taking their overall medal haul to 60 medals with 16 gold. 21 silver and 23 bronze.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"In 2005-06, I started training para-athletes. When I used to go to Nehru Stadium for training, I saw one or two athletes there who had limb deficiencies. I observed them, then heard about Devendra ji, who had won a gold medal at the Athens 2004 Paralympics. That\u2019s when I began studying para sports and slowly started training them,\" said Singh to PM Modi.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"All the coaches at Nehru Stadium used to look at me strangely, wondering why I was pushing Deepa Malik ji's wheelchair or holding Ankur Dhama's hand to guide him around the stadium, and why I was training para-athletes. They thought I was wasting my time. Today, the same coaches who used to criticise me now want to train para-athletes,\" he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Indian para-track and field athletes have won seventeen medals, including four gol medals, at the recently concluded Paris Paralympics.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"I have worked hard in this field, and I am very happy. In the coming time, I promise you that we will not stop at 29 medals, but we will work so hard that we will bring 50 medals,\" the Dronacharya awardee said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
As one of India\u2019s most successful international coaches, Singh has worked with a multitude of national and international sporting bodies. His roles as a member of organisations have ranged from competition manager of the Athletics Federation of India to coach of the Indian Para-athletics team from 2007 in international competitions, including multiple Paralympics.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"I have worked hard in this field, and I am very happy. In the coming time, I promise you that we will not stop at 29 medals, but we will work so hard that we will bring 50 medals,\" the Dronacharya awardee said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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