New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): Paralympian Praveen Kumar, considered one of India’s brightest para athletics stars, is making ready to shine on house soil on the upcoming New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships, scheduled from September 27 to October 5 on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
Praveen, who competes within the T64 excessive bounce class, has constructed one of the vital inspiring careers in Indian para athletics.
He introduced himself on the worldwide stage with a silver medal on the 2019 Junior World Championships, earlier than profitable silver once more on the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. He went on to clinch gold on the Asian Para Games, adopted by bronze on the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships.
Most lately, he reached the head with a shocking gold on the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, setting a brand new Asian file and private greatest of two.08m, as per a press launch from the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI).
Looking forward, Praveen provides with conviction, ‘Competing on the New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships in entrance of my house crowd might be very particular. I’ve labored onerous for this second, coaching on daily basis with self-discipline and focus, fine-tuning each bounce with my coach. Moving between coaching venues was difficult, but it surely taught me adaptability and strengthened my resolve.’
‘Now, with the brand new Mondo monitor at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, I really feel sooner, stronger, and extra assured than ever. The help of the followers and the vitality of the stadium will push me to go larger and better,’ he added.
As a lot as his medals outline his profession, his journey has additionally been formed by the arenas he trains in. With Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium being readied because the host venue for the New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships, Praveen needed to shift coaching bases a number of instances mid-preparation, shifting between the Thyagaraj Complex and the Vinod Nagar Sports Complex whereas the principle monitor was being re-laid.
The New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships is about to be India’s biggest-ever para sporting occasion, welcoming over 2,200 athletes and help employees from greater than 104 international locations, competing throughout 186 medal occasions. It can even function a key qualifier for the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games, making it an important stage for Praveen and India’s whole para athletics contingent.
With the house crowd behind him, Praveen Kumar now goals so as to add one other chapter to his medal-laden journey, this time on the New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships. (ANI)