New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- Curtains came down on the New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships on Sunday, which witnessed more than 2200 participants from 100-plus nations competing for 186 medal events, with the first-time hosts pocketing a record 22 medals, including 6 Gold, 9 Silver and 7 Bronze, their best-ever performance till date.

By hosting the World Para Athletics Championships 2025, India has entered a space usually reserved for elite and established organisers. The iconic Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was witness to the 2010 Commonwealth Games that included para athletics as a medal event, but this WPAC has pitchforked India's capability to seamlessly host an international event to a "different level," feel several international ...