Minister of Sports congratulates Paralympic: During an occasion held in Mumbai on Tuesday, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya welcomed the final group of athletes who took part in the Paris Paralympics. The sports minister also awarded financial rewards for the medal winners and promised them more support as they got ready for the 2028 Games.
Each gold medallist earned ₹75 lakh from government agencies, silver medallists received ₹50 lakh, & bronze medallists received ₹30 lakh. Mixed team event medalists will get ₹22.5 lakh apiece.
Mandaviya emphasized the government’s role in India’s development at the Paralympics, going from 19 medals in Tokyo in 2021 to 29 this time, and promised complete support and infrastructure. Of the 84 athletes, 50 were funded through TOPS.
He declared, “The nation is improving in parasports, going from four medals in 2016 to 29 in Paris, finishing 18.”
Minister of Sports congratulates Paralympic medalists:
Navdeep, Dharambir, Sumit Antil, and Praveen Kumar, the gold medalists in para athletics; Yogesh Kathuniya, Nishad Kumar, Sharad Kumar, Ajeet Singh, and Sachin Khilari, the silver medallists; Preeti Pal, Mariyappan, Hokato Sema, Sundar Singh Gurjar, and Simran Sharma; para archers Harvinder Singh and Sheetal Devi; and para judoka Kapil Parmar were among the seventeen medallists present on the occasion.
The most in demand athletes were double gold winner Sumit, who also set a new Asian Games record, and javelin thrower Navdeep Singh, who won India’s sixth gold in dramatic way. Of course, Sheetal was the most well-known athlete.
I’ve worked closely with my coach, Naval Singh, a lot. He has been a major part of my profession and my trainer for about seven years.
“He deserves all the credit for my performance and technique,” Navdeep remarked.
But all Sumit wanted was tea. I want to have tea with my family because I haven’t had any in a few days. However, it feels nice. Now, I’ll try to cross the 75-meter mark quickly,” Sumit declared.
