Boria Majumdar in Paris On National Sports Day, let’s make a bold prediction. India will win…
Category: Paralympics
New champions will emerge from Paris Paralympics for India
Eighty four Indian athletes attempting to win a rich haul of medals at the Paralympics over…
Don’t use Paralympic success to run down India’s Olympians
Boria Majumdar in Paris I have said a number of times already that India is expected…
Paralympic athletes are classed according to their disability; understanding the classification system is important
When I spoke to Neeraj Chopra after his silver in Paris, we had discussed the lack…
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…