India has won 55 medals so far, consisting of 14 gold, 19 silver and 22 bronze medals. 35 of these medals have come in athletics, with 12 golds and silvers each and 11 bronze medals.
Martin Owens, who heads the Odisha Athletics High-Performance Centre shared his thoughts ahead of the marquee competition and reiterated the team's morale, strong preparation and confidence going into Goa.
In the 4th Asian Para Games, India's exceptional run in athletics continued as Pranav in his second attempt set the record with 30.01m. Dharambir came second with an attempt of 28.76m which also came during his second try. While Amit Kumar settled for a bronze medal with an attempt of 26.93m
India's dominance in athletics at the ongoing Asian Para Games was showcased by Shailesh Kumar and Mariyappan Thangavelu who clinched gold and silver medals respectively in the Men's High Jump-T63 event on Monday.
The 20-year-old Animesh Kujur clocked a new personal best of 20.74s to top the podium ahead of Akshay Nain (20.97) and Shashikanth Angadi (21.14), as per Olympics.com.
Competing at the Sree Kanteerava Outdoor Stadium, Pavithra Venkatesh won the title for a 4:05m leap while Baranica Elangovan (4.00m) secured silver and Mariya Jaison (3.80m) won bronze, as per Olympics.
World Athletics, the global governing body of the discipline, issued a statement announcing Neeraj's nomination, a man, who has won everything gold across the biggest sporting/athletics competitions.
Neeraj Chopra was leagues ahead of other athletes as he defended his gold medal in the recently concluded 19th Asian Games with a throw of 88.88-metre.
The only athlete who came close to competing with Neeraj was none other than his compatriot Kishore Jena.