Para World Athletics: Silver lining on final day boosts India’s best haul

A show of steely will The first World Para Athletics Championships to be held in India was a rousing success for the hosts, who recorded their best ever medal haul. A look at key numbers:

- Shantanu Srivastava

Silver medals from Priti Pal, Simran Sharma and Navdeep Singh and a bronze from Sandeep saw India end the 12th edition of the World Para Athletics Championships with their best medal haul at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Sunday.

The 74-member Indian contingent finished with 22 medals - 6 gold, 9 silver, 7 bronze - finishing 10th on the medals table.

At the previous edition in Kobe, Japan last year, India won 17 medals to stand sixth on the table. The Delhi haul means India achieved their target of 20 medals at home. Sprinters Simran and Priti were the only Indian athletes who won more than one medal. They won two medals each in 100m and 200m in their respective classifications.