India’s best-ever Asian Para Games!
India’s para athletes won more medals than ever before, at a big sports meet in Japan!
30
gold
35
silver
49
bronze
India’s medals by Friday: 114 in all!
The Asian Para Games are taking place in Japan, from 18 to 24 October. Para athletes are sports stars with a disability. Some cannot see well. Some use a wheelchair. Some have a missing arm or leg.
By Friday, India had won 114 medals. 30 of them were gold! India has never won so many medals at these Games before.
Golden moments
Sumit Antil won gold for throwing the javelin, a long spear. Two more Indians won silver and bronze, so all three medals were India’s! Sheetal Devi shoots arrows using her feet. She won two golds (page 9). Simran Sharma cannot see well, so she runs with a helper. She won the 200 meters race.
Many ways to win
India won medals in running, jumping, throwing, archery, shooting, badminton, table tennis and swimming.
Did you know?Para means “beside”. The Para Games happen next to the main Games, and they are just as important.
Big worddisability
When a person’s body or mind works in a different way, so they do some things differently.
When a person’s body or mind works in a different way, so they do some things differently.
Nibbles asksThese athletes practiced for years. What would you like to practice every day?