Avani Lekhara’s journey is a remarkable one, marked by resilience and a deep passion for sport.…
Tag: Paris Paralympics 2024
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…
A hearty bonjour: The Paralympics Diary
Back to the MPC, the very same stadia and the same host city. On the way…
Nithya Sree Sivan: From Passion to Podium in Para-Badminton
Nithya Sree Sivan’s journey into the world of para-badminton is a story of passion, resolve, and…
Sachin Khilari Exclusive: An Engineer-Athlete’s Quest for Paralympic Triumph in Paris
Rohan Chowdhury in Paris Sachin Sarjerao Khilari, hailing from Sangli district in Maharashtra, is India’s para-shotput…
Gold or not, Yogesh Kathuniya will always remain a champion
Among other things, Yogesh Kathuniya’s Instagram profile says ‘proud Indian’. It could have read ‘pride of…