Follow us

Sports Min announces rewards for Paralympics : 0.75 Cr for Gold

no image

BySportsCafe Desk, SportsCafe Editor

11

Ahead of the Paralympics event about to start on September 7, Indian Sports Ministry has promised cash prizes for athletes who will be returning back with medals from Rio. Much like the Summer Olympics at Rio, India is sending its largest Paralympic contingent consisting of 17 athletes.

The Sports Ministry on Tuesday announced that Rio Paralympic medallists would receive cash prizes.“The cash award is at par with medallists of Olympics,” it said.

“Gold medallists of #Paralympic Games are entitled to Rs. 75 Lacs, Silver Rs. 50 Lacs & Bronze Rs. 30 Lacs as cash award from MYAS (sic),” the Ministry tweeted from its official handle.

17 athletes, including 15 men and two women will be taking part in the event as India send its largest-ever contingent to the Paralympics. In 2012, India had sent only 10 athletes and had won a silver when Girisha Nagarajegowda placed second in the Men's High Jump F42 event.

Comments

Leave a comment

0 Comments

read previousSL vs AUS | Sri Lanka dive deeper into despair in 27 overs of play on rain-interrupted Day 3
Australia furthered their domination over Sri Lanka on Friday in the first Warne-Muralitharan Trophy Test despite rain allowing just the first session of play to be conducted. The visitors chipped away two more wickets to move closer to victory even as Dinesh Chandimal scored a fighting fifty.
It was a great win against a higher-ranked team, says Sunil Chhetriread next
In a great start to the season, India downed higher-ranked Puerto Rico 4-1 in a friendly on Saturday. Orchestrating the entire match with his sublime passing creating 2 goals and scoring one was skipper Sunil Chhetri, who called it a great win and said India would to improve upon their performance.

You may also like

View non-AMP page