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Moment of truth arrives as Indian para athletes eye history
Millennium Post Delhi
|Delhi 27 September 2025
NEW DELHI: Some of the globe's best para athletes, including blade runners, prosthetic jumpers and wheelchair-bound competitors, will showcase their awe-inspiring grit and resilience on the sporting field when the biggest ever World Para Athletics Championships begins here on Saturday.
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India, a rising power in para sports, including para athletics, has rolled out top-class facilities for the 12th edition of the showpiece, which will run till October 5 at the iconic Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. With 2200 athletes and officials from 104 countries participating in the nine-day showpiece, the New Delhi edition is the biggest in history, with India joining Qatar (2015), the UAE (2019) and Japan (2024) as the fourth nation to host the event.
This story is from the Delhi 27 September 2025 edition of Millennium Post Delhi.
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