paralympics

Here's how you can help Shailesh Kumar, one of the fastest wheelchair half-marathoners in the country, represent India at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

In his third attempt in the men’s F46 event, he threw the javelin to 63.97 metres, bagging a gold medal and breaking his own record of 62.15 metres set during the 2004 Paralympics at Athens.

The Indian Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has announced that athletes winning gold medals at the Rio 2016 Paralympics will receive the same cash prize from the government as Olympic medallists.

International wheelchair tennis player, Prathima Rao has her eyes set on the 2020 Paralympics to take place in Tokyo. The only thing holding her back is an old wheelchair

Arhan Bagati, a 16-year-old athlete from Gurgaon, has developed a mobile app to assist the Indian contingent in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Jagwinder Singh was born with no arms, but he does not let that get in the way of his dreams. The 23-year-old painter and one of India's top paracyclists aims to compete at the Rio Paralympics 2016, with support from crowdfunding.

Moin Junaidi is a teenager from Karnataka who has brittle bone disease — he can neither stand upright, nor hold anything in his hands. But he swims like a champion! And now he wants to win a gold medal for India in the next Paralympic Games.

21-year-old Paralympics champion, P Tamilagan, travelled all the way to Rameswaram to pay respect to his role model, Late Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.

The inspiring video that showcases life of paralympics and how amazing their achievements are. Some of these athletes have also won against able-bodied athletes.

Sharath Gayakwad was born with a deformed hand. He took up swimming as a mandatory activity in school and developed a passion for this sport. Today he has over 90 medals in his kitty and has become the first Indian to win six medals in a multi-disciplinary sport event. Meet the amazingly inspiring sports personality and hear his views on disability.