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World Para Athletics Championships: India capitalised on home conditions to finish with the best-ever performance and medal tally in the World Para Athletics Championships 2025, bagging 22 medals (6 gold, 9 silver, 7 bronze), finishing in 10th position in the competition held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Sunday.
Besides the 22 medals, Indian athletes also set three Championship Records, seven Asian Records, and achieved nine 4th place finishes and more than 30 personal best performances in the World Para Athletics Championships hosted by the country for the first time.
India finished 10th, though it secured the biggest haul in any edition of the World Championships. The home side claimed 6 gold, 9 silver, and 7 bronze medals, thanks to silver medals for women’s 100m T12 silver by Simran, Preeti Pal in the women’s 100m T35, and Navdeep in men’s Javelin Throw T41, as well as bronze for Sandeep in men’s 200 m T44 on Sunday.
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