29 medals- India’s historic Paralympic performance in Paris
India achieved its best-ever performance in Paralympic history at the Paris 2024 Games, securing 29 medals. Seven gold, nine silver, and 13 bronze are India's medal numbers at the Paris Paralympics 2024. India finished among the top 20 in Paris this time around. This performance surpassed the 19-medal haul from Tokyo 2020, which included five gold medals. Highlights of Indian Performance After...
Philidor – The Chess strategist who was centuries ahead of his time
In our series 'Champion Born On This Date', today I present you with a story on someone who dominated the Chess world for almost five decades and was the first Chess strategist in the history- François-André Danican Philidor of France. Initial Days Philidor was born on 7 September 1726. He started playing regularly around 1740 at the Café de la Régence,...
Paris Paralympics Day 8: Kapil Parmar wins India’s first Judo medal
Paris Paralympics Day 8- Kapil Parmar was the sole medal winner as he clinched India's first-ever Judo Paralympic medal. At the end of Paris Paralympics Day 8, China leads the medal table with an impressive 166 medals including 74 gold. Great Britain is in second place, having a total of 84 medals, including 34 gold. Having already put together their...
Paris Paralympics Day 7: India’s 1-2 podium finish in Club Throw
Paris Paralympics Day 7- On another landmark day for India, the highlights were Harvinder Singh's and Dharambir's gold medal wins. Three years after winning India’s first Paralympic archery medal in Tokyo, Harvinder Singh earned the country’s first Paralympic gold in Archery. Singh won the gold medal match on Paris Paralympics Day 7 against Poland’s Lukasz Ciszek in straight sets. He...
Paris Paralympics Day 6- Success continues for India
Paris Paralympics Day 6- It was another brilliant day for India with Major successes in track and field events. On Paris Paralympics Day 6, India's medal tally reached 16 with 3 gold, 5 silver, and 8 bronze. India is now closer to the record haul of 19 in the 2020 edition of Paralympics in Tokyo. Sharad Kumar upgraded his medal colour...
Paris Paralympics Day 5: Eight medals including 2 gold for India
Paris Paralympics Day 5- Catch the latest highlights and updates as the Indian athletes had an extraordinary day with two gold medals. The best-ever Paralympics Day in Indian sporting history. The Indian athletes won a total of eight medals on Paris Paralympics Day 5 with two gold medals. Sumit Antil became the first Indian to defend his Paralympic title. Throughout his...
Paris Paralympics Day 4: India adds two more medals
Paris Paralympics Day 4- Highlights of the day were two medal-winning performances from Nishad Kumar and Preethi Pal. India won two medals and confirmed three more on Paris Paralympics Day 4. Nishad Kumar won silver in Men’s High Jump T47 with the season-best attempt of 2.04m. Nishad put up a strong performance but lost the gold to Roderick Townsend of the...
“Birth of an Athlete”- Seminar on development of sportsmen in India
Sportsavour and Poinsur Gymkhana recently organised a one-day sports seminar and panel discussion to celebrate National Sports Day. The Birth of an Athlete- Factors influencing the making of a sportsman in India. Based on this topic a seminar was organised by Sportsavour and Poinsur Gymkhana. The event was organized to celebrate National Sports Day and pay tribute to the legacy of...
Paris Paralympics Day 3- Rubina Francis wins India’s lone medal
Paris Paralympics Day 3: Rubina Francis won India's only medal, bringing the nation's medal count to five. On Paris Paralympics Day 3, Rubina Francis’ bronze in Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 was the 4th medal in Shooting and India's 5th medal in total. Francis, who had finished seventh during the qualifying round, finished third in the final with a score of...
Paris Paralympics Day 2: Avani Lekhara defends her Shooting gold
Paris Paralympics Day 2: India's para-shooter, Avani Lekhara, doubled her Olympic gold medal, and the country won four medals on Day 2. It was a memorable day for the Indians on Paris Paralympics Day 2. Exactly three years after becoming the first female Indian athlete to win a Paralympics gold medal, Avani Lekhara created history by doubling it up. She...