Paris Paralympics concludes

Why in the news?

• Paris Paralympic Games concluded on 8 September 2024.
• Harvinder Singh and Preeti Pal were the flag bearers of India in the closing ceremony.
• Paris Paralympics began on 28 August.
• Sumit Antil and Bhagyashree Jadhav were the Indian flag bearers in the opening ceremony.
• India finished 18th in the medal tally by winning 29 medals.
• It has 7 gold medals, 9 silver medals and 13 bronze medals.
• China stood first in the medal table by winning 219 medals.

Paris Paralympic Games:

• These are the 17th Summer Paralympic Games.
• 22 sports were held in it.
• Mascot-Paralympic Freeze.

Paralympic Games:

• The first Summer Paralympic Games were held in Rome (Italy) in the year 1960.
• Murli Kant Petkar is the first Indian athlete to win a medal in the Paralympics.
• He won the gold medal in the men's 50m freestyle 3 event in swimming at the 1972 Heidelberg Paralympics.