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New Delhi to host World Para Athletics Championships in 2025
4 days, 3 hours ago

New Delhi to host World Para Athletics Championships in 2025

The Hindu  

New Delhi is set to host the World Para Athletics Championships in 2025 at the city’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the World Para Athletics announced on Thursday. Moreover, India’s capital will also host a World Para Athletics Grand Prix, serving as a precursor to the marquee event, scheduled to take place between March 11 and 13. “NPC India is privileged to …

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Valentina Petrillo: First transgender Paralympic runner ignores ‘jealous’ critics to make history at Paris 2024
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Valentina Petrillo: First transgender Paralympic runner ignores ‘jealous’ critics to make history at Paris 2024

The Independent  

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This transgender sprinter will compete for Italy at the Paralympics
4 months ago

This transgender sprinter will compete for Italy at the Paralympics

Associated Press  

BOLOGNA, Italy — Valentina Petrillo fell in love with athletics as a 7-year-old while watching Italian sprinter Pietro Mennea win gold in the 200 meters at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Valentina Petrillo is set to become the first transgender woman to compete at the Paralympic Games at the end of this month in Paris. Berges called it an “injustice,” telling …

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Rival of first transgender Paralympian fears her opponent 'has an advantage' because 'she has lived and trained as a man for a long time'... as controversy continues over 'masculine' sprinter's partic
4 months ago

Rival of first transgender Paralympian fears her opponent 'has an advantage' because 'she has lived and trained as a man for a long time'... as controversy continues over 'masculine' sprinter's partic

Daily Mail  

A sprinter who is set to face the first transgender athlete in Paralympic history at Paris 2024 has spoken out over her fear of being put at a disadvantage. The 200m rival of Valentina Petrillo, who is set to become the first transgender Paralympian in history, fears she is at a disadvantage because of her opponent's sex at birth Visually …

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Italy’s Valentina Petrillo to be first transgender athlete at Paralympic Games
4 months, 1 week ago

Italy’s Valentina Petrillo to be first transgender athlete at Paralympic Games

The Hindu  

Valentina Petrillo is set to become the first openly transgender athlete to participate in the Paralympic Games after the visually impaired sprinter was selected to represent Italy in the women’s 200 and 400-metre races in Paris. International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons told BBC Sport that while Petrillo is welcome in Paris under World Para Athletics policies, he wants to …

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Visually impaired Italian sprinter, 50, set to become first-ever transgender Paralympian after being picked to run in women's races in Paris, five years after she started gender transition
4 months, 1 week ago

Visually impaired Italian sprinter, 50, set to become first-ever transgender Paralympian after being picked to run in women's races in Paris, five years after she started gender transition

Daily Mail  

Visually impaired Italian sprinter, Valentina Petrillo, 50, is set to become the first-ever transgender athlete to compete at the Paralympic Games and believes her participation is an 'important symbol of inclusion'. Visually impaired Italian sprinter, Valentina Petrillo, 50, is set to become the first-ever transgender athlete to compete at the Paralympic Games Petrillo, who transitioned in 2019, is due to …

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World Para Athletics Championships 2024: Yogesh Kathuniya says, 'I'm giving my 120% to win'
6 months, 3 weeks ago

World Para Athletics Championships 2024: Yogesh Kathuniya says, 'I'm giving my 120% to win'

Hindustan Times  

As Team India sets a new record for the country by winning 17 medals — six gold, five silver and six bronze — at the recently concluded World Para Athletics Championships 2024 held in Kobe, Japan, the contingent of 40 players received praise from all quarters. Adding sheen to the victory was Yogesh Kathuniya, who clinched a silver in the …

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World Para Athletics Championships 2024: Kashish Lakra says, ‘My west Delhi stubbornness kept me going’
6 months, 3 weeks ago

World Para Athletics Championships 2024: Kashish Lakra says, ‘My west Delhi stubbornness kept me going’

Hindustan Times  

Kashish Lakra is a true Delhi girl who refused to let circumstances affect her life. Thrilled at scoring a silver for India in women’s club throw F51 event at the recently concluded World Para Athletics Championships Kobe 2024, the 20-year-old shares what kept her going. Kashish Lakra scored a silver at women’s club throw F51 event at the World Para …

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Sachin Khilari defends gold at World Para Athletics, India surpasses best-ever tally
7 months ago

Sachin Khilari defends gold at World Para Athletics, India surpasses best-ever tally

New Indian Express  

KOBE: India's Sachin Sarjerao Khilari defended his gold medal in the men's shot put F46 category with an Asian record at the World Para Athletics Championship as the country surpassed its best-ever haul in the global competition here on Wednesday. Sachin heaved the iron ball to a distance of 16.30 metres, bettering his own Asian record of 16.21 metres set …

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World Para Athletics Championships 2024: Deepthi Jeevanji Wins India's First Gold Medal
7 months ago

World Para Athletics Championships 2024: Deepthi Jeevanji Wins India's First Gold Medal

ABP News  

World Para Athletics Championships: Deepthi Jeevanji clinched India's first-ever gold medal at the World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan, on Monday. Also on ABP Live | IPL 2024 Playoffs: Dates, Time, Format, Venue, Who Will Play Whom - All You Need To Know Earlier, Deepthi Jeevanji secured a quota for the Paris Paralympics 2024 by qualifying for the Women's …

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Nishad Kumar wins silver at World Para Athletics Championships
1 year, 5 months ago

Nishad Kumar wins silver at World Para Athletics Championships

The Hindu  

Indian Paralympian and high jumper Nishad Kumar won a silver medal at the ongoing World Para Athletics Championships in Paris on Wednesday. Nishad won the silver medal with his sixth and final attempt in the event with a 2.09m leap. Nishad, who won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, was second till the fifth round after he successfully attempted …

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World Para Athletics Championship 2023: All you need to know about events, categories and Indians in action
1 year, 5 months ago

World Para Athletics Championship 2023: All you need to know about events, categories and Indians in action

The Hindu  

The World Para Athletics Championships 2023 are set to commence from July 9 at the Charlety Stadium in Paris, France. The programme features 171 medal events - 93 in the men’s category, 77 in the women’s category and 1 in the mixed category. Here is the full list of events and the categories: Men’s 100m - T11, T12, T13, T34, …

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Paralympic Committee of India Hosts Regional Sports Training in Bengaluru
1 year, 7 months ago

Paralympic Committee of India Hosts Regional Sports Training in Bengaluru

News 18  

Continuing its effort to develop the movement to support disability sports in the country, the Paralympic Committee of India along with the International Paralympic Committee successfully hosted the Regional Sports Training part of the sixth edition of Paralympic Story. The Regional Sports Training, instructed by World Para Athletics National Technical Official Dave Jessett, was conducted at Bengaluru from April 30 …

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Para-athlete Vinod Kumar banned for 2 years for 'misrepresenting abilities' during Tokyo Paralympics
2 years, 6 months ago

Para-athlete Vinod Kumar banned for 2 years for 'misrepresenting abilities' during Tokyo Paralympics

Firstpost  

The Board of Appeal of Classification, an independent body, said the 41-year-old discus thrower will be ineligible to compete in para-athletics competition until August 2023. New Delhi: Indian para-athlete Vinod Kumar has been banned for two years for intentionally misrepresenting his abilities in classification at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, World Para Athletics said. “The athlete was observed performing several movements …

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Indian para-athlete banned for 2 years for 'misrepresenting abilities'
2 years, 6 months ago

Indian para-athlete banned for 2 years for 'misrepresenting abilities'

The Hindu  

Indian para-athlete Vinod Kumar has been banned for two years for intentionally misrepresenting his abilities in classification at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, World Para Athletics said. "The athlete was observed performing several movements and functions in competition which were not consistent with his performance during the physical and technical aspects of classification," World Para Athletics said in a statement, without …

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BAC Bans Para-Athlete Vinod Kumar for 'Intentional Misrepresentation'
2 years, 6 months ago

BAC Bans Para-Athlete Vinod Kumar for 'Intentional Misrepresentation'

News 18  

The Board of Appeal of Classification has sanctioned India’s Para athletics athlete Vinod Kumar to a period of two years’ ineligibility for the disciplinary offence of ‘intentional misrepresentation’. World Para Athletics commenced disciplinary proceedings with the BAC after Kumar intentionally misrepresented his abilities when he presented for classification at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Under the World Para Athletics Classification …

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The medal that wasn’t: Firstpost Explains why Vinod Kumar’s bronze in F52 discus throw was reassigned
3 years, 3 months ago

The medal that wasn’t: Firstpost Explains why Vinod Kumar’s bronze in F52 discus throw was reassigned

Firstpost  

On Sunday, discus thrower Vinod Kumar clinched a bronze medal at the Tokyo Paralympics in the F52 event. Confirming that Latvia’s Aigars Apinis was being reassigned the bronze, the Tokyo 2020 organisers said: “Vinod was designated as Classification not Completed following classification observation assessment.” But what does ‘Classification Assessment in Competition’ mean? “Due to the pandemic limiting the number of …

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Tokyo Paralympics Know Your Sport: Athletics, classifications and Indians in action
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Paralympics Know Your Sport: Athletics, classifications and Indians in action

The Hindu  

In para-athletics, the sport class is in the following format- alphabet + first digit + second digit. Indians playing - Tek Chand Tek Chand F57 – Athletes who meet one or more of the MDC for impaired muscle power, limb deficiency, impaired passive range of movement and leg length difference, who do not fit any of the previously described profiles, …

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World Para Athletics Grand Prix: India Finish with 23 Medals
3 years, 10 months ago

World Para Athletics Grand Prix: India Finish with 23 Medals

News 18  

Teenaged high jumpers Praveen Kumar and Nishad Kumar produced personal best jumps to take a gold medal each and set new Asian records as curtains came down on the 12th Fazza World Para Athletics Grand Prix. Praveen’s and Nishad’s gold medal winning efforts were the high points in the final day’s action for India who also had three silver and …

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