Mumbai, August 28: Paris Olympic medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra extended his best wishes for the Indian contingent for the Paralympics, which gets underway on Wednesday with the Opening Ceremony in Paris. A total of 84 Indian para athletes will compete at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, scheduled from August 28 to September 9 in France. It is India’s largest contingent in Paralympic history. Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi Sends Heartfelt Wishes to India’s Para-Athletes Ahead of Paris Paralympics 2024.

Sumit Antil and Bhagyashri Jadhav will be India’s flagbearers at the opening ceremony. India will compete in 12 of the 22 sports, including debuts in para cycling, para judo and para rowing.

Neeraj Chopra Wishes Indian Paralympic Athletes

India's campaign will begin on Thursday with para archery, where Tokyo Paralympics bronze medallist Harvinder Singh will feature in men's recurve ranking round and Sarita will play in women's compound open category.Later, in para badminton Krishna Nagar will start his men’s singles title defence in SH6 category. Sivarajan Solaimalai and Nithya Sre Sivan are the other para-shuttler who will be in the action on day-1. JioCinema To Provide Paralympics 2024 Free Live Streaming Online After Historic Paris Olympics Presentation.

India have won 31 medals from the previous 11 editions of the Paralympic Games. Tokyo 2020 produced India’s most successful campaign to date with the athletes returning with 19 medals - five gold, eight silver and six bronze.

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