World Para Athletics Championships 2025 is set to start at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi from the 27th of this month. Over 1,200 athletes are going to participate in the Championship. It will be the 12th edition of the World Para Athletics Championships.

The World Para Athletics Championships competition programme will feature 186 medal events. Several renowned players, including Athanasios Ghavelas, Ezra Frech, James Turner, Catherine Debrunner, Fleur Jong, and Magdalena Andruszkiewicz, will be the star attractions of the event. More than 70 athletes are set to represent India.

The eyes will be on India’s star players, including Sumit Antil, Preeti Pal, Praveen Kumar, Dharambir Nain, and Navdeep, among others. Paris Paralympics club throw gold medallist Dharambir Nain and double bronze-winning sprinter Preethi Pal will be India’s flag bearers during the ceremony. Gold medallist javelin thrower Sumit Antil, and two-time defending champion Sumit, will be a clear favourite to complete a hat-trick of gold medals. The World Para Athletics Championship 2025 will be live telecast by Prasar Bharti on Doordarshan’s national and digital platforms DD Sports and the Waves app.