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PARA ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023: Best ever medal haul for India with 10 medals

With 10 medals (3 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze), India registered their best-ever medal haul at the Para Athletics World Championships

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Koushik Biswas
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PARA ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023: Best ever medal haul for India with 10 medals | Sportz Point

With 10 medals at the Paris Para Athletics world championship 2023, India registered their best-ever medal haul in Championship history. They bettered their record from 2019 when India won nine medals in Dubai. This year, India bagged three gold medals, four silver medals and three bronze medals to go ahead of their previous record. Along with that, 18 Indian para-athletes qualified for the Paris Paralympics 2024 as well. This championship served as the first qualifier event for all athletics events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

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Recap of India's Performance at the PAWC 2023

Ajeet Singh and Rinku after winning the Gold and Silver medal respectively in Men's Javelin Throw F46 event in Para Athletics World Championship 2023 | Sportz Point

Ajeet Singh and Rinku after winning the Gold and Silver medal respectively in Men's Javelin Throw F46 event. Image: Paralympic India

Ajeet Singh created a championship record in Men's Javelin Throw F46 event with a 65.41m throw. 24-year old Rinku's season-best 65.38m throw earned him a silver as well in the same event. Sumit's 70.83m throw in the F64 category gave India second gold at the championship. Meanwhile, India's third gold came from Khilari Sachin with his 16.21m throw in the Men's Shotput F46 event.

Para Athletics World Championships 2023 | India's Medal Winners

Name Event Medal
Ajeet Singh Men's Javelin Throw F46 Gold
Sumit Men's Javelin Throw F64 Gold
Khilari Sachin Men's Shotput F46 Gold
Yogesh Kathuniya Men's Discuss Throw F56 Silver
Nishad Kumar Men's High Jump T47 Silver
Kumar Sailesh Men's High Jump T63 Silver
Rinku Men's Javelin Throw F46 Silver
Praveen Kumar Men's High Jump T64 Bronze
Ekta Bhyan Women's Club Throw F51 Bronze
Pooja Women's Javelin Throw F54 Bronze

Points Placing Table | India at 8

After 168 events, India were placed at number ten with 179 points. China topped the chart with 476 points, followed by Brazil and USA. Download the full chart from HERE.

After a total of 168 events in Para Athletocs World Championships 2023, India were placed at number ten with 179 | Sportz Point

Para Athletics World Championships 2023 | Medal Tally

With 10 medals, India were ranked 19 at the Para Athletics World Championships 2023. This was India's best performance in the World Championships so far.

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 publive-image China 16 16 13 45
2 publive-image Brazil 14 13 20 47
3 publive-image United States 10 14 15 39
4 publive-image Great Britain 10 8 11 29
5 publive-image Ukraine 10 6 6 22
6 publive-image Switzerland 9 5 0 14
7 publive-image Tunisia 7 1 4 12
8 publive-image Uzbekistan 6 7 4 17
9 publive-image Colombia 6 6 6 18
10 publive-image Poland 5 6 3 14
11 publive-image Italy 5 3 4 12
publive-image Thailand 5 3 4 12
13 publive-image Germany 5 2 5 12
14 publive-image Iran 4 6 2 12
15 publive-image Japan 4 3 4 11
16 publive-image Belgium 4 1 1 6
17 publive-image Cuba 4 0 1 5
18 publive-image Australia 3 8 3 14
19 publive-image India 3 4 3 10
20 publive-image Morocco 3 2 2 7
publive-image Netherlands 3 2 2 7
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