The world’s largest single Para sport occasion will happen from 26 September to five October 2025 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, which can even host a World Para Athletics Grand Prix for the primary time subsequent March.
Subsequent 12 months’s Para Athletics World Championships will happen in New Delhi, marking the primary time the occasion can be hosted in India, World Para Athletics (WPA) introduced on Thursday (December 19).
The Para Athletics World Championships, the world’s largest single Para sport occasion, can be held on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium from 26 September to five October 2025. New Delhi 2025 will mark the twelfth version of the championships and the fourth time it’s hosted in Asia, following Doha 2015, Dubai 2019 and Kobe 2024.
As well as, WPA introduced that the Indian capital will host a World Para Athletics Grand Prix for the primary time subsequent 12 months. Scheduled to happen from 11 to 13 March additionally on the Jawaharlal Nehru (JLN) Stadium, the occasion will give followers an early alternative to expertise the thrill of Para athletics forward of the World Championships.
Paul Fitzgerald, Head of World Para Athletics, stated as quoted by the World Para Athletics press launch: “We’re delighted to announce that the primary main championships of the brand new Paralympic cycle in the direction of Los Angeles 2028 can be hosted in New Delhi. The 2025 Para Athletics World Championships would be the largest worldwide Para sport occasion ever to happen in India, representing an enormous alternative to develop our sport, our fan base, and to influence society’s notion of individuals with disabilities on this planet’s most populous nation.
“India is among the finest examples of the expansion and improvement of Para athletics within the final decade. From profitable two silver medals on the Doha 2015 World Championships to securing 17 medals – together with six gold – at this 12 months’s Worlds in Kobe, the progress is clear. This success displays the work of the Nationwide Paralympic Committee of India and the funding being made in sports activities, notably Para athletics, within the nation. We now have witnessed the influence main occasions can have and the legacy they will depart to make Para sports activities extra seen and accessible to everybody. We consider this will occur in New Delhi, and we sit up for welcoming the world’s finest athletes to India subsequent 12 months.
In an announcement, the Nationwide Paralympic Committee of India (NPC India), stated, “NPC India is privileged to host the Para Athletics World Championships for the primary time in India. This historic occasion marks a big milestone in India’s journey to changing into a worldwide sporting powerhouse and strengthens our bid to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Video games.”
This prestigious championships won’t solely elevate India’s place on the worldwide sports activities map but in addition play a pivotal position in accelerating the Paralympic motion inside the nation. With a inhabitants of over 60 million individuals with disabilities, this occasion is a vital step in fostering inclusivity, empowering athletes, and increasing alternatives for athletes with disabilities.
“We’re excited to welcome athletes, coaches, and officers from all over the world to showcase India’s unparalleled progress within the subject of Para sports activities. This occasion will function a testomony to India’s improvement, aligning with the imaginative and prescient of a “New India” as emphasised by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi,” the assertion added.
Over 1,000 athletes from a couple of hundred nations took half within the final version of the World Championships in Kobe, Japan, in Might. China topped the medals desk with 33 gold and 87 podium finishes, whereas India completed within the high six for the primary time.
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