The state of para-athletics in India | In Focus
Rakesh Rao speaks to us on how the rules and requirements of competition, as well as the challenges, are different for para-athletes from what they are for the able-bodied
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Show Notes
Just a few weeks ago, we were celebrating India’s best ever medals tally at the Tokyo Olympics. And now India has produced its best performance ever at this year’s Paralympics. We have already bagged 10 medals, with two gold, five silver and three bronze. This has generated a lot of curiosity, both about these successful para-athletes and about the Paralympics itself.
For para-athletes, the rules and requirements of competition, as well as the challenges, are different from what they are for the able-bodied. They come under the spotlight whenever the Paralympics are held but are mostly forgotten in the intervening years. Will the Indian contingent’s superlative achievements at the Tokyo Paralympics change this pattern?
Guest: Rakesh Rao, Deputy Editor (Sports), The Hindu
Host: G. Sampath, Social Affairs Editor, The Hindu
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