From revamped washrooms to brand new tracks, how Delhi has decked up for World Para Athletics Championships

Not so long ago, paralympic silver medallist Pranav Soorma would enter the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, seated in his wheelchair, and struggle to make his way to the throwing area over the bumps and potholes on the way.

“But now it has changed. I can propel my wheelchair smoothly and sometimes without anyone’s assistance,” Soorma, a silver medal winner in the club throw event at the Paris Paralympics, toldThe Indian Express .

The upgrades at the iconic stadium, which has been revamped for the 12th World Para Athletics Championships from September 27 to October 5, reflects India’s growing profile in para-athletics: two new tracks, 20 washrooms made fully accessible for para athletes, eight new lifts, an extended long jump pit and a revamped throwing platform.

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