First Khelo India Para Games 2023: Haryana on top with 105 medals

The first Khelo India Para Games (KIPG) 2023 concluded on 17 December in New Delhi. Haryana topped the KIPG with a total of 105 medals including 40 gold, 39 silver and 26 bronze.

• KIPG 2023 was organised from 10 to 17 December in New Delhi. Around 1,450 para-athletes from across the country participated in KIPG.

Important facts about the first Khelo India Para Games (KIPG) 2023:

• KIPG 2023 mascot: Ujjwala (little sparrow)
• A total of 7 sports competitions were organised in the first Khelo India Para Games. Mainly these are - Para Athletics, Para Shooting, Para Archery, Para Football, Para Badminton, Para Table Tennis and Para Weightlifting.
• These seven games were organised in three stadiums of Sports Authority of India.
• The top five states in the KIPG medal tally are:- Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
• In these games, Pranab Surma of Haryana performed better than his Asian record. Surma improved his Asian Para Games gold medal-winning performance of 30.01m with an effort of 33.54m in the club throw event.
• Whereas in the same event, Dharambir's Asian record of 31.09 meters was improved.
• KIPG 2023 is the latest initiative of the “Khelo India Programme” of the Government of India.
• It also includes Khelo India Youth Games, Khelo India University Games and Khelo India Winter Games.
• So far, five Khelo India Youth Games, three Khelo India University Games and three Khelo India Winter Games have been organised under the Khelo India initiative.
• The main objective of the “Khelo India” initiative is to promote sports at the grassroots level in the country.

Khelo India Para Games 2023 medal table