Question- In recently concluded World Para Athletics Championships 2017 how many gold medals did Indian athletes win?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
Ans: (a)
Related facts:-
- World Para Athletics Championship- 2017 London (U.K.),concludedin London UK. (July 14-23, 2017).
- This is the 8th edition of the championship and before 2017 it was known as the IPC Athletics World Championship.
- About 1300 para athletes from 100 countries participated in 213 competitions in the championship.
- India won one gold medal, two silver and two bronze medals (total 5) and figured at 34th place with Croatia.
- The championship medal table top 5 countries-
Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
1. | China | 30 | 17 | 18 | 65 |
2. | America | 20 | 19 | 20 | 59 |
3. | UK | 18 | 8 | 13 | 39 |
4. | Ukraine | 12 | 6 | 11 | 29 |
5. | Australia | 11 | 9 | 8 | 28 |
- Indian medalist
- Gold Medal – Sunder Singh Gurjar (Javelin Throw)
- Silver medal
- Amit Kumar (Club Throw)
- Sharad Kumar (high jump)
- Bronze medal
- Varun Singh Bhati (high jump)
- JyotiKaram (women’s Discus Throw )
Related Links:-
https://www.paraathleticschampionships.com/about
https://www.paralympic.org/london-2017/schedule/info-live-results/lo2017/eng/zz/engzz_athletics-medal-count.htm
https://www.paralympic.org/london-2017/schedule/info-live-results/lo2017/eng/zz/engzz_athletics-npc-medallist-by-sport-india.htm