– The Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games opened with 4,400 competitors from 168 delegations.
– India is participating in its 12th Paralympics and has won 31 medals in total, with more than half being won in the last edition.
– India finished 24th in 2021 and is sending 84 para-athletes to this year’s Games, aiming for a target of 25 medals with a double-digit gold haul.
– 14 of the 84 athletes participating this year have won medals in past Games.
– India has won medals in seven sports disciplines, including athletics, swimming, and badminton.
– Indian athletes have won 31 medals in total, with Murlikant Petkar winning the first medal in swimming in 1972 and Deepa Malik becoming the first Indian woman to win a Paralympic medal in 2016.
– The Games will be held between August 29 and September 8.