Paris: India’s campaign at the Paris Paralympics- 2024 concluded with the country fetching a total of 29 medals.
On Sunday, Pooja Ojha was the only remaining athlete in action, but she failed to finish inside the top three spots to miss the final berth of the women’s kayak single 200m KL1 sprint canoeing event.
India, hence, couldn’t reach the elusive 30-medal mark at the Paris Games but did manage to better the Tokyo Games tally where the contingent had gathered a total of 19 medals. In the process, India finished the Paris games with record haul of 7 gold, 9 silver and 13 bronze medals, set to finish 18th in the overall medals tally.
The Paralympics closed on Sunday with a giant music-fuelled party as chief Paris- 2024 organiser Tony Estanguet said the Games and the Olympics had created a “historic summer.” The Paralympic flame and cauldron were extinguished before a concert featuring the best of French electronic music capped off proceedings at a packed Stade de France.
More than 4,400 athletes from 168 Paralympic delegations partied despite persistent rain. Estanguet said that the closing ceremony marked the end of six weeks of Olympic and Paralympic fervour in the City of Light.
This post was published on September 9, 2024 6:41 pm