The 24th National Para Swimming Championships took off on a rousing note with top talents from all over the country making their presence felt right from the start.
In the men’s S-4 even, Lakhan Singh from Rajasthan secured the Gold medal, while Kamalkant from Odisha took home the Silver. In Men’s S-5, Narahari from Odisha won Gold, Lakshman Rao from Andhra Pradesh claimed Silver, and Mohammad Shams Aalam from Bihar earned Bronze. For Junior Boys S-2, Muhammed Aasim from Kerala won Gold, and in Sub Junior Boys S-5, Aniket Chid Ambar from Karnataka took Gold. In Event 2, Riya Sachin from Maharashtra won Gold in Junior Girls S-5.
In Event 3, for the S-6 100m freestyle, Chaitanya Vishwas from Maharashtra secured Gold, Rajendra Singh from Uttarakhand won Silver, and Chaitanya from Odisha took Bronze. In Men’s S-7, Gold went to Tejas and Silver to Gopichand, both from Karnataka, with Charith from Andhra Pradesh winning Bronze. Shridhar from Karnataka won Gold in Men’s S-8, while Praneth from Andhra Pradesh secured Bronze. In Men’s S-9, Sahil Rajaram and Amol P. from Karnataka took Gold and Silver respectively, with Vikram Singh from Rajasthan earning Bronze. In Men’s S-10, Kapil Kumar from SSCB won Gold, Ajay Hindurao from Maharashtra won Silver, and Swapnil Sanjay from Maharashtra took Bronze. For Junior Boys S-7, Gold was won by Eeshan from Karnataka, while Kausar Sahil from Andhra Pradesh won Gold in Junior Boys S-8, followed by Silver medalist Srinikesh Kiran from Telangana and Bronze medalist Boyina from Andhra Pradesh. In Junior Boys S-9, Mohit Kumar from Bihar took Gold and Sarang from Maharashtra earned Silver, with Gold for S-10 going to Hari Shankar from Tamil Nadu, followed by Omkar A from Maharashtra with Silver and Arnab from West Bengal with Bronze. In Sub Junior Boys S-7, Sabari Anand. R from Tamil Nadu claimed Gold, while Hariom from Maharashtra secured Gold in S-8. For S-9, Mugunthan from Tamil Nadu won Gold and Arnav from Chandigarh took Silver, and in S-10, Surti from Gujarat earned Gold, Lakshya from Delhi won Silver, and Hardik from West Bengal received Bronze.
In Event 4, for Women’s S-6, Sathi from the PCI Team won Gold, Kabita from Odisha took Silver, and Pappu Devi from Rajasthan earned Bronze. In S-7, Gold was secured by Sadhana Mallik from Rajasthan, while Vaishnavi Vinod from Maharashtra won Gold in S-8 and Deepa V. from Karnataka claimed Silver. For S-9, Gold was taken by Shashruti Vinayak from Maharashtra, Silver by Monika from Haryana, and Bronze by Jambuben from Gujarat. In S-10, Devanshi from Haryana won Gold, Sita Devi from Rajasthan claimed Silver, and Sonam from Madhya Pradesh took Bronze. In Junior Girls S-6, Deepanwita from West Bengal won Gold, while in S-7, Saee M. from Maharashtra won Gold and Sharanya S. from Karnataka earned Silver. For Junior Girls S-8, Asmita from West Bengal secured Gold, followed by Jiya from Rajasthan with Silver and Aneesha from West Bengal with Gold. In Sub Junior Girls S-6, Adruta from Karnataka won Gold, while in S-8, Abha Ganesh from Maharashtra took Gold. In S-9, Nidhi from Andhra Pradesh won Gold, Varsha from Tamil Nadu secured Silver, and Ananya from Madhya Pradesh earned Bronze. Finally, in Sub Junior Girls S-10, Devanshi Manoj from Gujarat won Gold, and Yesmina from Assam claimed Silver.
In Event 5, for Men’s S-5 in the 100m Freestyle, Ramnivas from Rajasthan won Gold, Aryan B from Maharashtra secured Silver, and Munna from Delhi earned Bronze. For Junior Boys S-11, Gold was claimed by Suraj from Rajasthan. In Sub Junior Boys S-11, Amogh Sanju from Karnataka took Gold, while in Men’s S-12, Ali from West Bengal won Gold, with Manoj and Abhineet from Rajasthan taking Silver and Bronze respectively. In Junior Boys S-12, R V V Bhavani Karthik from Andhra Pradesh earned Gold, while Sukrut Yankappa from Karnataka secured Silver. In Sub Junior Boys S-12, Chinmay Vithal from Karnataka won Gold and Mohammed Mihaj C from Kerala earned Silver. For Men’s S-13, Parmanand from Chhattisgarh took Gold, Ganesh Meena from Rajasthan won Silver, and Suresh from Andhra Pradesh secured Bronze. For Sub Junior Girls S-11, Ramya Ganesh from Karnataka won Gold, while in Women’s S-13, Astha from Haryana took Gold and Sandra Davis K. from Kerala secured Silver. In Sub Junior Girls S-13, Sakshi Mallu from Karnataka won Gold. In Men’s S-14, Sai Nikhil from Karnataka won Gold, Kanumuri Siddharth from Andhra Pradesh took Silver, and Vishal Madav from Tamil Nadu earned Bronze. For Junior Boys S-14, Nithikuv from Tamil Nadu secured Gold, Mitang from Gujarat won Silver, and Bhagyesh Nitin from Maharashtra claimed Bronze. In Sub Junior Boys S-14, Ram from Maharashtra took Gold, Sai Nikhil Gowtham from Andhra Pradesh earned Silver, and Aarav A. Bhute from Maharashtra secured Bronze.
In the Women’s S-14 100m Freestyle, Rucha from Maharashtra won Gold, Niti Rakeshbhai from Gujarat took Silver, and Pooja G. Gaikavada earned Bronze. For Junior Girls S-14, Gold was secured by Varda Santosh from Maharashtra, while Sai Jagruthi G. from Karnataka took Silver and Saniya Abdul from Maharashtra earned Bronze. In Sub Junior Girls S-14, Priya from Karnataka claimed Gold and Sanjana from Andhra Pradesh secured Silver. For Men’s S-2, Eishan from Uttar Pradesh won Gold, while in Men’s S-3, Dhawal from Maharashtra took Gold, Gajendra from Uttarakhand won Silver, and Kuldeep from Haryana earned Bronze. In Men’s S-4, Kamalkant from Odisha claimed Gold, Min Bahadur from Maharashtra took Silver, and Gnana Bharathi from Tamil Nadu secured Bronze. In Men’s S-5, Akash from Odisha won Gold, Magesh from Tamil Nadu earned Silver, and Shreekant from Karnataka claimed Bronze.
In Event 9, Junior Boys S-2 saw Muhammed Aasim from Kerala win Gold, while Junior Boys S-3 had Atharv Rajendra from Maharashtra taking Gold. In Junior Boys S-5, Abdul Qadir from Madhya Pradesh claimed Gold and Deven Mahendra from Maharashtra secured Silver. For Sub Junior S-4, Revansh from Haryana won Gold, while in Sub Junior Boys S-5, Vedant from Rajasthan took Gold and Aniket from Karnataka earned Silver. In the 50m Backstroke, Riya Sachin from Maharashtra won Gold and Aayushi from Haryana took Silver. For Men’s S-6, Jeya Selvan from Tamil Nadu secured Gold, Naveen Venkatesh from Karnataka won Silver, and Dipak from Maharashtra earned Bronze. In Men’s S-7, Suyash Naryan from Maharashtra won Gold, while Tejas from Karnataka took Silver and Satendra from Madhya Pradesh earned Bronze. In Men’s S-8, Punith from Karnataka won Gold, Praneth from Andhra Pradesh took Silver, and Ajibur Rahman from West Bengal earned Bronze. For Men’s S-9, Abizer Ammar from Gujarat won Gold, Sahil Rajaram from Karnataka secured Silver, and Vikram Singh from Rajasthan earned Bronze. In Men’s S-10, Dinesh Mohan from Odisha won Gold, Nishram from Chhattisgarh secured Silver, and Yudhishthar from Rajasthan earned Bronze.
For Junior Boys S-6, Rohit Kumar from Chhattisgarh won Gold. In Junior Boys S-7, Arijeet Kumar from West Bengal earned Gold and Peshan from Karnataka took Silver. In Junior Boys S-8, Kausar Sahil from Andhra Pradesh won Gold, Jeeva Sivan from Kerala earned Silver, and Shubham from Karnataka took Bronze. In Junior Boys S-9, Mohit Kumar from Bihar won Gold, Aniket from Delhi earned Silver, and Binit from Tripura claimed Bronze. For Junior Boys S-10, Arnab from West Bengal won Gold. In Sub Junior Boys S-6, Diganth Vainatheya from Karnataka took Gold, while Jeeva from Tamil Nadu secured Silver. In Junior Boys S-7, Sabari Anand R. from Tamil Nadu earned Gold. For Sub Junior Boys S-8, Shreyas S. from Karnataka won Gold, and in Sub Junior Boys S-9, Mugunthan from Tamil Nadu claimed Gold, Sukesh from Tripura earned Silver, and Pranay from Maharashtra secured Bronze. In S-10, Lakshay from Delhi won Gold, Puviatral P. from Tamil Nadu took Silver, and Hitesh from Delhi earned Bronze.
In Event 9, for Junior Boys S-2, Muhammed Aasim from Kerala won Gold, while in Junior Boys S-3, Atharv Rajendra from Maharashtra claimed Gold. In Junior Boys S-5, Abdul Qadir from Madhya Pradesh secured Gold, and Deven Mahendra from Maharashtra earned Silver. For Sub Junior Boys S-4, Revansh from Haryana took Gold, and in Sub Junior Boys S-5, Vedant from Rajasthan won Gold, with Aniket Chidambar from Karnataka earning Silver.
In Event 10, for 50m Backstroke, Riya Sachin from Maharashtra won Gold, and Aayushi from Haryana secured Silver. In Men’s S-6, Jeya Selvan from Tamil Nadu took Gold, Naveen Venkatesh from Karnataka earned Silver, and Dipak from Maharashtra secured Bronze. In Men’s S-7, Suyash Naryan from Maharashtra won Gold, Tejas from Karnataka claimed Silver, and Satendra from Madhya Pradesh took Bronze. For Men’s S-8, Punith from Karnataka earned Gold, Praneth from Andhra Pradesh secured Silver, and Ajibur Rahman from West Bengal earned Bronze. In Men’s S-9, Abizer Ammar from Gujarat took Gold, Sahil Rajaram from Karnataka earned Silver, and Vikram Singh from Rajasthan secured Bronze. For Men’s S-10, Dinesh Mohan from Odisha won Gold, Nishram from Chhattisgarh secured Silver, and Yudhishthar from Rajasthan earned Bronze.
In Event 11, for Junior Boys S-6, Rohit Kumar from Chhattisgarh won Gold, while in Junior Boys S-7, Arijeet Kumar from West Bengal secured Gold, and Peshan from Karnataka took Silver. In Junior Boys S-8, Kausar Sahil from Andhra Pradesh won Gold, Jeeva Sivan from Kerala earned Silver, and Shubham from Karnataka secured Bronze. In Junior Boys S-9, Mohit Kumar from Bihar took Gold, Aniket from Delhi earned Silver, and Binit from Tripura secured Bronze. For Junior Boys S-10, Arnab from West Bengal won Gold.
In Event 12, for Sub Junior Boys S-6, Diganth Vainatheya from Karnataka claimed Gold, and Jeeva from Tamil Nadu earned Silver. In Junior Boys S-7, Sabari Anand R. from Tamil Nadu won Gold. For Sub Junior Boys S-8, Shreyas S. from Karnataka secured Gold. In Sub Junior Boys S-9, Mugunthan from Tamil Nadu took Gold, Sukesh from Tripura earned Silver, and Pranay from Maharashtra secured Bronze. For S-10, Lakshay from Delhi won Gold, Puviatral P. from Tamil Nadu earned Silver, and Hitesh from Delhi secured Bronze.
In Event 13, for Women S-11, Kanchanmala D from Maharashtra won Gold, Eswari Selvarasu from Tamil Nadu took Silver, and Yeshu from Rajasthan earned Bronze. In Junior Girls S-11, Siddhi Dhirendra from Maharashtra claimed Gold. For Sub Junior Girls S-11, Ishwari Kamlesh from Maharashtra won Gold, Soundaryan from Karnataka secured Silver, and Ramya Ganesh from Karnataka took Bronze. In Women S-12, Rinki from Odisha won Gold, while Tarunika from West Bengal secured Silver. For Sub Junior Girls S-12, Sonam Mallu from Karnataka claimed Gold.
In Event 14, for Women S-13, Sandra Davis K from Kerala won Gold, and Hiraben B from Gujarat earned Silver. For Sub Junior Girls S-13, Sakshi Mallu from Karnataka claimed Gold. The results showcase the remarkable performances of the athletes across various categories and events, reflecting their dedication and talent in the championship.
The inauguration ceremony was graced by Sports Minister Govind Gaude, Social Welfare Minister Subhash Phal Dessai; E. Vallavan (IAS), Secretary, DEPWD, MLA Digambar Kamat. Dr. Geeta Nagvekar, Executive Director, SAG, Arvind Khutkar, Director, Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs, Varsha Naik, Director, Department of Empowerment, Guruprasad Pawaskar, State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, and Taha Haaziq, Secretary, Office of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities alongwith Key officials from the Paralympic Committee of India, including PCI President Devendra Jhajharia, General Secretary Jaywant Hamanawar and Dr. V.K. Dabas were also present.
