India won a record 19 medals, including five gold, in the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021 for a 24thplace finish in the overall rankings. Three years on, the country's target is more than 25 medals with a double-digit haul in gold.
What has fuelled this ambition is the size of the contingent and the exceptional performances in the past one year.
India won a record 111 medals, including 29 gold, at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games last year.
This was followed by unprecedented success at the World Para Athletics Championships in May where the country snared 17 medals, including half a dozen gold for a sixth-place finish in the overall standings.
Several medal winners in Hangzhou are in this Paralympics team, including top stars like world record-holding javelin thrower Sumit Antil (F64) and rifle shooter Avani Lekhara (10m Air Rifle Standing SH1). Both of them would be defending their gold medals won in Tokyo.
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