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The 2025 World Para Athletics Championships (WPAC) was officially declared unfastened astatine the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium present connected Thursday with a ceremonial that aimed to item the infrastructure inclusivity astatine the upgraded venue.
More than 2,200 participants from 100 nations volition beryllium participating successful the lawsuit starting Friday. India is the 4th Asian federation aft Qatar (2015), the UAE (2019) and Japan (2024) to big the competition. With 74 participants, India volition beryllium fielding its largest-ever contingent successful the event, hoping to amended astatine location connected its erstwhile champion of 17 medals it won successful Kobe past twelvemonth — six gold, 5 silver, six bronze — finishing sixth overall.
“By breaking barriers and mounting caller benchmarks, para athletes person played a captious relation successful strengthening India’s individuality arsenic a rising sporting hub, motivating millions to clasp sports arsenic a mode of life,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said successful a video message.
The WPAC volition beryllium the archetypal lawsuit connected the Mondo way astatine the stadium. The lawsuit was opened by Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya who besides inaugurated the newly-laid Mondo way successful the warm-up arena and the caller state-of-the-art fittingness centre astatine the complex.
