Sumit Antil, Bhagyashri Jadhav Lead Indian Contingent at Paris Paralympics 2024 Opening Ceremony (See Pics and Video)
India had their best-ever outing at the Paralympic Games in the Tokyo 2020 edition when the nation won a total of 19 medals, including five gold. This time, they would look to better that feat.
Sumit Antil and Bhagyashri Jadhav led the Indian contingent at the Paris Paralympics 2024 opening ceremony on August 29. Antil, who had shattered the world record en route to winning gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, waved the Indian flag high and led out the nation's delegation alongside Jadhav, who had won silver medals at the Asia Para Games in 2022 and World Para Athletics Championships in 2024. India have a contingent comprising 84 para-athletes, which is the largest ever contingent the nation has sent for the Summer Paralympic Games. India at Paris Paralympics 2024: Day 1 Full Schedule of Indian Para-Athletes in Action on August 29 With Time in IST.
Sumit Antil, Bhagyashri Jadhav Lead Indian Contingent at Paris Paralympics 2024
The dreams and aspirations of a billion Indians shone through these smiles! 🇮🇳
The Indian contingent made a grand entrance at the opening ceremony of the #ParalympicGamesParis2024! 😍✨https://t.co/3h7IJ05kfl#ParalympicsOnJioCinema #Paralympics #JioCinemaSports pic.twitter.com/4zwzKdXKrB
— JioCinema (@JioCinema) August 28, 2024
Pics of India Arriving at Paris Paralympics 2024 Opening Ceremony
Indian contingent of 84 athletes spearheaded by flagbearer Sumit Antil & Bhagyashree Jadhav are waiving the Tricolor with pride.
Indian Para-athletes will try to grab more medals than Tokyo & make this Paris edition a historic one.
Let the game begin! pic.twitter.com/MpAMY9OUR7
— SPORTS ARENA🇮🇳 (@SportsArena1234) August 28, 2024
(SocialLY brings you all the latest breaking news, fact checks and information from social media world, including Twitter (X), Instagram and Youtube. The above post contains publicly available embedded media, directly from the user's social media account and the views appearing in the social media post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY.)
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Aug 29, 2024 12:57 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).
