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• Siddarth Sriram
• News18.com

Last Updated:October 05, 2025,

It was the luckiest of breaks for India’s Sandeep, who clinched a Bronze medal in the Men’s 200m T44 Final at the World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi on Sunday.

Sandeep was steadily trailing in fourth position, right outside the medal finishes, when then-race leader Saudi Arabia’s Naif Alamasrahi stumbled, allowing Italy’s Cicchetti and Ukraine’s Kaplun to storm ahead into the first two places.

Sandeep, then-third, kept his steady pace to clock a Personal-Best of 23.60 seconds, to snatch the bronze and add to India’s growing medal tally.

India now have won 20 medals in this Championships so far.

India Putting Up A Record-Breaking Campaign Already

India’s para-athletics program reached a landmark milestone at the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi, delivering its best-ever medal haul in the history of the event.

Competing on home soil, Indian athletes have produced a record-breaking performance, signalling a new era for the country in global para-sport.

India surpassed all previous medal hauls at the end of last night’s competition, with a total of 18 medals (6 Gold, 6 Silver, 6 Bronze), surpassing the previous edition’s medal tally of 17 medals (6 Gold, 5 Silver, 6 Bronze), making it the best-ever performance in the championship’s history.

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Siddarth Sriram

After training in the field of broadcast media, Siddarth, as a sub-editor for News18 Sports, currently dabbles in putting together stories, from across a plethora of sports, onto a digital canvas.