Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday announced cash awards for Indian players who won medals in the recently concluded Paris Paralympic Games, which included Rs 75 lakh for gold medal winners, Rs 50 lakh for silver medal winners and Rs 30 lakh for bronze medal winners. Will be given. Players who win medals in mixed team events, like archer Shital Devi, will get Rs 22.5 lakh. The Sports Minister made this announcement at a grand function organized to honor the medalists.
Mandaviya also promised to provide full support and facilities to para athletes to win more medals in the 2028 Los Angeles Paralympics. He said, ‘The country is moving forward in Paralympics and Para sports. From 4 medals in 2016, India won 19 medals in Tokyo, 29 medals in Paris and finished 18th.’ Mandaviya said, ‘We will provide all facilities to all our para athletes so that we can win more medals and gold medals in the 2028 Los Angeles Paralympics.’
India ended its historic campaign at the Paris Paralympics with 29 medals, including seven gold, nine silver and 13 bronze, the country’s best performance in the history of the tournament. With its brilliant performance, India also crossed the mark of 50 medals in the history of Paralympic Games. When the Paralympic medalist returned home on Tuesday, hundreds of fans gave him a warm welcome by garlanding him and feeding him sweets.
Navdeep Singh, Praveen Kumar, Dharamveer, Harinder Singh, Sumit Antil, Nitesh Kumar, Avni Lekhara won gold medals from India’s side. Indian para athletes performed strongly and their medals were celebrated across the country. In Men’s Club Throw 51, India won two medals, Dharamveer won the gold, while Pranav Surma won the silver medal.
