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India wins 41 medals at Asian Youth Para Games

India win 41 medals at Asian Youth Para Games

India win 41 medals at Asian Youth Para Games

On 8th December 2021 at Indian Para-athletes claimed 41 medals, with 12 gold, 15 silver, and 14 bronze, at 4th Asian Youth Para Games (AYPG), Asia’s biggest event that was held in Riffa, Bahrain.

  • The event is organized by the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of Bahrain.

Participants – Over 700 athletes from around 30 countries participated in the event from 2nd to 6th December 2021.

9 Para Sports played-  Para athletics, Para badminton, boccia, goalball, Para powerlifting, Para swimming, Para table tennis, Para taekwondo, and wheelchair basketball.

  • Indian Contingent took part in all the 9 sports.

Note – The 5th edition of the Asian Youth Para Games 2025 will be hosted by Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Medals acquired:

i.Indian Athletes yielded the most medals of 22 medals from Athletics, 8 players won gold, 6 silver, and 8 bronze.

ii.The Indian para shuttlers returned claimed 15 medals with Tokyo Paralympian Palak Kohli, Sanjana Kumari, and Hardik Makkar claiming 3 medals each.

iii.India won 3 medals, including 1 silver and 2 bronze in swimming and won silver in powerlifting.

Note – Deepa Malik was the President of Tokyo Paralympic Committee of India for 2020 Paralympics games.

–Asia Youth Paralympic Games: Kashish Lakra wins gold as India bags three medals

i.The Tokyo Paralympian Kashish Lakra (F51) bagged a Gold medal in the club throw event

ii.Earlier, Ananya Bansal won India’s 1st medal – Silver, in Shot Put in the F20 category at the event.

About Asian Paralympic Committee

President – Majid Rashed
Headquarters – Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)