When I spoke to Neeraj Chopra after his silver in Paris, we had discussed the lack…
Category: Paralympics
Avani Lekhara: Breaking Barriers and Making History in Paralympic Shooting
Avani Lekhara’s journey is a remarkable one, marked by resilience and a deep passion for sport.…
How Mariyappan Thangavelu ‘jumped’ to gold in the 2016 Rio Paralympics and brought about a change
The hype over 84 Indian athletes who will compete at the Paris Paralympics, starting on August…
Record Paralympic medal haul only way to change the media narrative
Boria Majumdar in Paris I was going through the Indian papers yesterday evening, and I am…
Meet Deepthi Jeevanji: The First Indian Paralympian with an Intellectual Impairment
Deepthi Jeevanji, born on September 27, 2003 in the small village of Kalleda in Telangana’s Warangal…
Why it is important to have athletes like PT Usha and Devendra Jhajharia lead important bodies like the IOA and the PCI
If there is something called back-end support for elite athletes ahead of important assignments like the…
Thank God We Have Sport
There is no shying away from the fact that there is a lot of negativity around…
Mandeep Kaur: From arm-wrestling champion to para badminton star
Mandeep Kaur has emerged as a shining star in the world of para badminton, embodying resilience,…
Krishna Nagar Exclusive: We will aim to surpass the target of 25 medals at the Paris Paralympics
Rohan Chowdhury in Paris Tokyo Paralympics gold medalist in badminton (SH6 Singles), Krishna Nagar, is gearing…
A hearty bonjour: The Paralympics Diary
Back to the MPC, the very same stadia and the same host city. On the way…