"Received alot of support in Paris....": India's Chef-de-Mission SP Sangwan on country's historic Paralympics 2024

New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): India's Chef-de-Mission for the recently-concluded Paris Paralympics 2024, Satya Prakash Sangwan, lauded the country's contingent for their historic performances, saying that their heroics at the event had people chanting the country's name proudly in Paris.
The Indian contingent concluded its historic Paris Paralympics campaign with a total of 29 medals, including seven gold, nine silver, and 13 bronze medals, the most by the country in the history of the competition. With this landmark campaign, India has surpassed their previously most-successful campaign at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, which gave them 19 medals, including five golds, eight silvers, and six bronze medals.
Speaking to ANI on arrival back home at the Delhi airport, Sangwan said that the team received a lot of support in Paris.
"When we were going, we told everyone that we will get 25-30 medals and create history. We have made history at Paris. All over France, it was "India, India". In Paris, we received a lot of support. Our performance is above our expectations," said Sangwan.
Sangwan said that the Indian contingent finishing at 18th spot is a historic occasion.
"We said that we would finish within top 20. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, central government, Sports Authority of India (SAI) helped the contingent a lot," he added.
This record-haul also helped India cross the 50-medal mark in the history of the competition. A record of 84 para-athletes represented the tricolour from August 28 to Sunday in 12 disciplines, as compared to nine back in Tokyo 2020. India also participated in new sports at Paris: paracycling, para rowing, and blind judo.
India established several records and unlocked some new "firsts" at the Paralympic Games.
A look at India's medalists at the Paris 2024 Paralympics:
-Avani Lekhara (Shooting, Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1, Gold)
-Mona Agarwal (Shooting, Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1, Bronze)
-Preethi Pal (Athletics, Women's 100m T35, Bronze)
-Manish Narwal (Shooting, Men's 10m air pistol SH1, Silver)
-Rubina Francis (Shooting, Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1, Bronze)
-Preethi Pal (Shooting, Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1, Bronze)
-Nishad Kumar (Athletics, Men's high jump T47, Silver)
-Yogesh Kathuniya (Athletics, Men's discus throw F56, Silver)
-Nitesh Kumar (Badminton, Men's singles SL3, Gold)
-Thulasimathi Murugesan (Badminton, Women's singles SU5, Silver)
-Manisha Ramadass (Badminton, Women's singles SU5, Bronze)
-Suhas Yathiraj (Badminton, Men's singles SL4, Silver)
-Rakesh Kumar / Sheetal Devi (Archery, Mixed team compound open, Bronze)
-Sumit Antil (Athletics, Javelin throw F64, Gold)
-Nithya Sre Sivan (Badminton, Women's singles SH6, Bronze)
-Deepthi Jeevanji (Athletics, Women's 400m T20, Bronze)
-Mariyappan Thangavelu (Athletics, Men's high jump T63, Bronze)
-Sharad Kumar (Athletics, Men's high jump T63, Silver)
-Ajeet Singh (Athletics, Men's javelin throw, F46, Silver)
-Sundar Singh Gurjar (Athletics, Men's javelin throw F46, Bronze)
-Sachin Khilari (Athletics, Men's shot put F46, Silver)
-Harvinder Singh (Archery, Men's individual recurve open, Gold)
-Dharambir (Athletics, Men's club throw F51, Gold)
-Parnav Soorma (Athletics, Men's club throw F51, Silver)
-Kapil Parmar (Judo, Men's -60kg J1, Bronze)
-Praveen Kumar (Athletics, Men's high jump T64, Gold)
-Hokato Hotozhe Sema (Athletics, Men's shot put F57, Bronze)
-Simran (Athletics, Women's 200m T12, Bronze)
-Navdeep Singh (Athletics, Men's javelin throw F41, Gold). (ANI)