Challenges and Opportunities at Paralympics Received: 20-08-2020 Accepted: 17-09-2020 Indu Mazumdar and Dr
International Journal of Yogic, Human Movement and Sports Sciences 2020; 5(2): 27-30 ISSN: 2456-4419 Impact Factor: (RJIF): 5.18 Yoga 2020; 5(2): 27-30 © 2020 Yoga Challenges and Opportunities at Paralympics www.theyogicjournal.com Received: 20-08-2020 Accepted: 17-09-2020 Indu Mazumdar and Dr. Chetna Chaudhary Indu Mazumdar Abstract Professor, Dean, Physical Paralympics is a major international multi-sport event for para athletes. The purpose of this research Education & Sports, ITM paper is to aware people about the Paralympics and also about the participation and performance of University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India Indian para-athletes in the Paralympics since from its inception. Since 1968, India won several medals at Paralympics, even though some people are not aware about it. Various sports schemes have allocated Dr. Chetna Chaudhary sufficient funds for the creation of specialized sports infrastructure for persons with disabilities. Today, Assistant Director Physical people with disabilities are winning several medals at international event and make our country proud. Education & Sports, University Most of these athletes belong to rural backgrounds and they worked so hard to succeed despite fund Maharani College, Jaipur, deficits, rampant corruption and overall apathy that outbreak our system. It is high time, the public and Rajasthan, India private sector should come together to lift the Indian sport sector from the present deplorable situation. Keywords: Paralympics, Sports, Para-athlete, Disability, Participation and Performance. Introduction The Paralympics is a major international multi-sport event which involves athletes with a range of disabilities, including impaired passive range of movement, impaired muscle power (e.g.
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