The first-time hosts, India, pocketed a record 22 medals, including 6 Gold, 9 Silver and 7 Bronze

Hyderabad: Curtains came down on the IndianOil New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships on Sunday, which witnessed more than 2200 participants from 100-plus nations competing for 186 medal events, with the first-time hosts pocketing a record 22 medals, including 6 Gold, 9 Silver and 7 Bronze, their best-ever performance till date.

By hosting the World Para Athletics Championships 2025, India has entered a space usually reserved for elite and established organisers, feel celebrities in the sports world. The iconic Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium has been witness to the 2010 Commonwealth Games that included para athletics as a medal event but this WPAC has pitchforked India’s capability to

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