New Delhi set to host World Para Athletics Championships 2025, occasion in September

New Delhi is set to host the World Para Athletics Championships 2025 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the World Para Athletics announced on Thursday. The championships are scheduled to take place from September 26 to October 5 next year, with such a grand event in athletics, happening for the first time in India.

World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi

Meanwhile, this won’t be the first time such a big event is being hosted in Asia. Prior to this, the World Para Championships were held in Doha in 2015, and then in Dubai in 2019. Post this event, India will also hold the World Para Athletics Grand Prix, between March 11 and 13.

“NPC India is privileged to host the Para Athletics World Championships for the first time in India. This historic event marks a significant milestone in India’s journey to becoming a global sporting powerhouse and strengthens our bid to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games,” the National Paralympic Committee of India said in a statement.

First Step Towards Olympics 2036

“We are delighted to announce that the first major championships of the new Paralympic cycle towards Los Angeles 2028 will be hosted in New Delhi. The 2025 Para Athletics World Championships will be the largest international Para sport event ever to take place in India, representing a massive opportunity to grow our sport, our fan base, and to impact society’s perception of persons with disabilities in the world’s most populous nation,” Paul Fitzgerald, Head of World Para Athletics, said.

India athletics stars had an exceptional showing at the Paralympics 2024 as well, where in the track and field events, they went on to win 17 medals — 4 gold, 6 silver, 7 bronze in all and finished at 13th place in the medals tally, in the discipline.