New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a ‘heat welcome’ and prolonged greatest needs to all of the individuals who’re participating within the World Para Athletics Championships 2025 right here within the nationwide capital, a match which celebrates ‘human dedication and spirit’.
The New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships kicked off on Saturday and can run until October 5, bringing collectively greater than 2,200 para-athletes from 104 nations on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. PM Modi hopes that the match will encourage a vibrant sporting tradition worldwide.
‘India is proud to be internet hosting the World Para Athletics Championships 2025 in Delhi, which commences right now. A heat welcome and greatest needs to all individuals. This match celebrates human dedication and spirit. May this match encourage a extra inclusive and vibrant sporting tradition the world over,’ PM Modi wrote on X.
Featuring 186 medal occasions, it’s the largest Para-Athletics meet in Indian historical past and serves as a key qualifier for the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics, showcasing India’s dedication to accessibility and sporting excellence.
On the opening day of the match, seven medal occasions have been held within the morning session. Kenya Karasawa of Japan clinched the primary gold for his nation on this occasion by defeating final yr’s Paralympics gold medal winner, Yeltsin Jacques of Brazil. He completed the boys’s 5000m T11 race with a time of 15:23.38s.
The spotlight for the Indian contingent was the qualification of the runner Deepthi Jeevanji within the finals of the ladies’s 400m T20 occasion. She certified for the medal spherical in first place within the second warmth. She is now able to clinch a medal for India within the high-octane occasion. She took 58.35 seconds, which is her season’s greatest efficiency. In the ladies’s 100m T71 occasion, Thekra Alkaabi of the UAE secured the World Record and Asian Record with a 19.89 mark. (ANI)